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)
Szaszaspasz 26
I'm fluent in Redneck.
skyeyez9 25
When I was in college, my german class professor could speak, read and write in 5 languages fluently. He taught all 5 languages there and it was amazing how he could switch and not get any words mixed up or confused.
ultra_notorious 26
that is impressive, I can't imagine what it's like in his brain with all those thoughts in different languages!
ultra_notorious 26
know exactly how you feel, it's hard enough doing a presentation in ones own tongue, much more difficult when I'm doing a Spanish oral exam in front of the entire class
queeennnale 18
Lmaoooo dude
noraaa35 4
Haha that's hilarious! At least you made the class laugh
MasterTron 24
Just don't run out the room terrified and pass out
CrazyManNo9 29
Hola is french for what are all you people doing sitting around the room in your underwear?
kut17 11
Teacher: Oui? Student: Ouais. Je m'appelle Oui. Est-ce que un problème, mon chien ?
missnuthin 10
i know that feel bro... when i was taking Japanese in college, the first term i would regularly panic and blurt out what little German I remembered from high school.
mvc3ftw 17
The most interesting man in the world can speak french...in russian.so you can speak french in spanish!