Today, I had a presentation in French class. I was so nervous, the first thing I said when I got up there was, "Hola." FML
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Today, I gave a presentation to a group of international clients. Wanting to impress them, I tried to say "Thank you" in their language, which I thought was Portuguese. Turns out, I was speaking Spanish to a room full of French Canadians. Their confused faces were priceless. FML
Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML
Today, we had a speaking assessment in Spanish class. When it was my turn, I yawned in the middle of a sentence, said, "Excuse me" and finished my sentence. She took points off because I hesitated and I spoke in English, not Spanish. FML
Today, my French teacher set up a role-play scenario to act out in front of the class. During one of my lines, I mispronounced a phrase and called my teacher sexy. FML
Today, I had a presentation for my university class. The bus was 5 minutes late, and I ended up getting to class right on time. As I took a seat, my group was asked to present. I panicked and totally bombed my presentation. FML
Today, I had to give presentation at work, for which I'd extensively prepared. However, as soon as I started speaking, I had a sudden panic attack and forgot everything I'd rehearsed. I stumbled through the presentation, feeling the embarrassment steadily grow in front of my colleagues. I almost passed out. FML
Today, I was giving a presentation to my college class. I've had a natural stutter my whole life, so I stuttered through the whole thing. My professor tried to hold in her laughter for 15 minutes. FML
Today, I had a big presentation at work and I was feeling really confident. I'd practiced it over and over and I knew it inside out. But when I got up to speak, I realized I had left my notes at home. I ended up winging it and it was a disaster. FML
Today, at university, I worked up the courage to speak up in a lecture hall of 200 people. I raised my hand, made my point, and felt pretty good until the professor said, “That’s exactly what I said like five minutes ago.” Half the room turned to look at me like I'd just woken up from a nap mid-class. Which I had. FML
Today, I gave a presentation in class. I felt pretty good about it, until afterwards when I was told I lost points for communication because I'd been chewing gum. I wasn't, I just have a speech impediment. FML
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CaptainSaveAHoe 11
Extra credit points for being trilingual?
the_enigma1019 1
Everybody makes mistakes, what matters is your ability to play it off as a joke or make it work to your advantage.
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Comments (129)
pandachic27 9
Haha dont worry OP, my first French class I said oye instead of oui
Pleonasm 36
Maintenant tu sais faire des grosses gaffes dans plusieurs langues.
Pleonasm 36
Je suis bilingue depuis longtemps déjà. Ma mère est française.
alind13 2
Quoi. Je parle un peu de francais!
Poppipuff 14
48 - Pourquoi il le saurait pas ? C'est super cool ça Pleonasm :)
ninja8537 10
48 je pari que tu a utiliser google translation pour ecrire ton commentaire.
NicollieO 7
Aww well now it must be over!
im_bored_tired 12
Go home Dora, you're drunk!
florido_fml 10
Hola! My name is dora, and this is my friend boots.
saksxalmo 20
"Quel âge as-tu?" "I don't know, aks me in English."
Nilorak 24
Hola shit. ;)
wildsweetchild 19
It's a common mistake for a person who is learning a new language to use the words from the nonnative language if they are bilingual. Been there done that. You'll be fine OP
Artz94_fml 16
C'est trop mignon les américaines qui apprennent le français ! Aha ;)
Lionesse 15
oui c'est très mignon :O
kut17 11
Mmm, filet mignon !
perdix 31
Zut alors! After dinner with a French family, I tried to say I was full, but ended up announcing that I was pregnant. Later, I tried to compliment my girlfriend on her ponytail, but I said I liked her horse's ass. It's a dangerous language!
Pleonasm 36
I get the horses ass, but how did you manage to say you were pregnant?!
perdix 31
Je suis plein.
Miss_Lisaa 16
Well, technically, it's not wrong you know. When frenchies say " Je suis plein ", we understand that you are full.. Or drunk. ^_^'
kut17 11
"My stomach is full with child and your hair looks like a horse's ass."
cocob_fml 1
Peut etre que c'est dangereux mais c'est beau!