By Anonymous - 23/06/2014 19:52 - United States

Today, I found out that the loving nickname my Chinese mother has been calling me my entire life essentially translates to "little retard". FML
I agree, your life sucks 54 690
You deserved it 6 040
May Day: Lily of the Valley and Misunderstandings
When lilies of the valley bring good luck... or not! Discover the stories behind every little bell! More…
Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

Next

Top comments

Comments

IllestRated 17

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

Show it anyway
Rinat_fml 26

Chinese women can be such rude beings :/

0 1
katieemerr 15

Not fair OP. You weren't to know.. I'd learn a different language and find an offensive phrase to call your mother!

ChenEighty 20

Already thread-jacking 9? The comments haven't even reached the second page yet!!

91 2
jojimugo 20

#8 that's your mother

50 9
LunaaBluee 27

And that was her child...but that didn't stop her.

48 4
TunaFireStarter 16

Not all children learn the language their parents speak. I never really learned Chinese even though my grandparents and mom speak it.

90 1
brenton490 19

The best way at getting even is learning some of the language, and letting her know by replying back in Chinese. I did that to in my Japanese class since I was only taking the class for an easy grade.

9 20
fortune789 17

It's better than "********," which is what my friend's grandfather called her in mandarin until she figured it out.

15 1
htownpostman 16

How is "Japanese class" taken for an easy grade? If you're gonna lie, mKe up a better response.

1 8
Harpy20 24

113, if you already speak the language or at least have a decent grasp of it it can be done. I did the same thing with French.

7 0
rocker_chick105 31

I started singing Mother Knows Best from Tangled after I read this.

75 8
ohSNAPyall 26

I started singing "Mother's Little Helper" from the Rolling Stones.

1 0
htownpostman 16

I started singing "I like Chinese"... Nah, not really but I thought if the song after you other 2 singers.. Go on.. Google it...

4 2
ChristianH39 30

Maybe the translations a little harsh and it's just a slightly condescending term of endearment?

30 2
dragonkisses28 25

Hmm, my grandma's loving nickname for me was "gorda." She assumed that since I don't speak Spanish I couldn't understand it either. It means "fat" for all my fellow non Spanish speakers. Fyl OP.

3 0
randombaxer1 11

As someone who's spent half their life in China, not a single word in any of the major Chinese languages translate to retard.

0 0
baseballbv 17

What a cruel world you live in. Call her something in a different language. Even if it's made up.

9 83
hxnnxh 14

#22 the display picture, oh the display picture

3 0
ChenEighty 20

I'm sure I'd've made any attempt to find out what my mother has been calling me long before it's FML worthy. But either way, most Roman names were basically insults as well. I believe the most common roman name translated to "pea brained"

96 4
PresidentNorth 16

i'd've? is that really allowed.? i need a grammar Nazi pronto to actually tell me if this is real.

7 9
kirbo2 21

My name is Cameron and it means Crooked Nose

0 0
Adam5858 17

She has a good sense of humour OP you are lucky even though it's an odd nickname

7 38
Raidriar 14

Doc, this is unrelated, but how is your wife doing?

4 1
silvercamaro 22

I mean..I'm not sure how much thought OP's mom really had to put into that nickname

9 2
shudson186 17

Awwww, that's Motherly love right there. :)

29 3