Miscellaneous: Today, I was verbally abused by a tourist because neither I nor...

By Kayak - 29/12/2013 23:23 - United Kingdom

Today, I was verbally abused by a tourist because neither I nor anyone else in my country can speak "proper English". We're in England - clue's in the name, dipshit. FML

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By Brit - 16/12/2011 08:50 - Reserved

Today, two American guys attacked me for not speaking their language. I'm from England, and they said I'm speaking my own language wrong. FML

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What word was it?

By BigBall - 09/09/2023 20:00 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML

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By dumb tourists - 31/03/2013 06:19 - China - Beijing

Today, a blonde tourist came up to me and asked me for directions to the nearest train station. I politely directed her there, and she left. Five minutes later, she came back and slapped me for not bringing her to an "English-speaking station". We're in China, lady. FML

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You can talk, mate

By Anonymous - 30/07/2019 12:07 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML

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No comprendo

By Anonymous - 26/02/2023 16:00

Today, I got lost in a foreign city while on vacation and couldn't communicate with anyone, because I didn't speak the language and no one seemed to be able, or even wanted, to speak to me in mine. FML

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By language barriers - 12/02/2009 07:07 - United States

Today, I was at the airport trying to help a man get to the right terminal. When he finished he turned to tell me "Don't worry, your English is pretty good, considering you're not American". English is my only language. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/02/2013 18:53 - United Kingdom - Birkenhead

Today, for the second time this week, I was asked to stop putting on such an obviously fake "British" accent. I am British and have lived here all my life. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/11/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, while on a vacation, I tried to step out of myself and flirt with this boy who I thought was cute. He was going along with it and nodding so I thought it was working. Then he opened his mouth and I realized he didn't speak English. FML

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By hackshack - 08/06/2012 19:45 - Brazil - Porto Alegre

Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML

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Alexa, play "You made me realise" by My Bloody Valentine

By singleandthankful - 23/02/2013 23:18 - United Kingdom - Beaconsfield

Today, my now ex-boyfriend called me out after I spelt "realised" with an S instead of a Z. It wouldn't have been so bad, if we weren't both British, if he hadn't called me an "illiterate idiot", and if he hadn't muttered "family of morons" when my mum backed me up. FML

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thatguynow 13

Monday 30 December 2013 1:30

Throw tea in their face

challan 19

Monday 30 December 2013 1:35

I'm dying to ask what country the tourist was from, but I'm petrified that you'll say the states.

Comments

Zebediabolical 39

Monday 30 December 2013 1:37

To be fair, most people don't speak 'proper English' in England either. I'm pretty sure that's either the Oxford accent or the way it's spoken in specifically Southern England.

laurenasabutton 26

Monday 30 December 2013 1:53

"Proper English" or Queen's English is very uncommon now, even in Oxford and the South. It's less accented, but not really Queen's English. Especially not in Essex.

lysx84 24

Monday 30 December 2013 2:37

'Proper English' is now 'BBC English', shame it's only spoken in a fraction of the capital of England. How dare any other English speaking person have an accent!

Mauskau 35

Monday 30 December 2013 3:36

The BBC English is the way I speak. I'm understood by everyone I speak to, especially foreign people. I've seen people struggle to understand other British accents and I've had to translate for them.

lysx84 24

Monday 30 December 2013 10:38

Lucky you, so happy that your specific accent has been represented by mass media. Everyone else must be a boorish dick in your eyes... apologies. I'd be speaking my own language if the English hadn't banned it.