Today, I teach English in Taiwan. I got two new students, brothers named Harry and Potter. People, they're children, not pets. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out there's a Harry Potter club at my school. My boyfriend is in it. FML
Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML
Today, my brother was suspended from school. He referred to himself as "Master" and two female classmates as his "bitches" in front of his teacher. He's ten years-old. What kind of family do I live in? FML
Today, I was watching Harry Potter. When all the students at Hogwarts started to clap at one point, I started clapping myself. FML
Today, I was reading the seventh Harry Potter book at an airport. A woman asked me what I was reading, so I told her. She said, "Oh, so you have children?" Since I'm in my early twenties, I was taken aback and said no. She replied slower and louder, "Oh, so you have a childlike mind?" FML
Today, my daughter finally gave birth to twin boys. She informed me that she named them Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck. My grandsons are named after Hobbits. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, my friends took my phone and changed all the contact's names to characters from Harry Potter. I have over a hundred contacts and no idea who I'm talking to. I've been texting Draco Malfoy for 4 hours now. FML
Today, a student told me to fuck off. I work with 3 year-olds. FML
Today, I was going through my daughter's contacts, except all of them had names from Harry Potter. I found the name "Mom." I was relieved I didn't have some silly name, until I realized it wasn't my number; it was her father's new wife. My number was under "Voldemort." FML
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harmon1 0
**** their lives actually
thehelenlouiseee 5
f their lives ;) I went to school with a Harriet potter and that was kinda bad
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Comments (168)
fmlpro0987 0
dude their mom prolly named em after the books b movies
starberries 0
Wtf
SadinSherman 16
Oh really?
that_band_nerd 22
Can we report comments for pure stupidity? Just wondering.....totally don't think this is stupid or anything. *puts hands in pockets and attempts to casually whistle*
sherivengeance 3
ohhhh lololololzz
xgetxbentx 13
and why is this an fml? I don't see how their names have a negative impact on your life?
sapphirestar 0
I was thinking about the same thing too!
dance_and_alive 0
not all cultures are alike. sometimes they intersect in weird ways. this being one of them. harry is also a people name. potter not so much. though it is taiwan. also, op sure went to taiwan with a closed mind...
boycrazy30007 12
Potter is actually a people name in some countries we have an exchange student named potter and I know a few through pen pals
ohhoho 2
I know twins named Mona and Lisa. Also some boys who named themselves Day And Night. (3 guys lol)
iheartglasses 0
I have to agree with OP. Maybe to a western cultured person it does seem ridiculous and cruel to name your children that. However, to a lot of eastern cultures, they do some pretty strange things that are normal to them. Which they would think the same of us Im sure
KnightOnline 0
Actually, i'm sure Harry and Potter are just their "for English purposes names" its very common for Chinese, Taiwanese and Cantonese people to have a English-type name to use when talking to western people, but they still consider their Chinese name (the one spelled in Chinese characters) to be their REAL name, and thus, their English names aren't really so important, and its ok if they are a bit funny.
ImaginaryFoe 1
Right, KnightOnline. I have two sets of names. Also, it may not be all that funny to them. If it is a fairly rural area, they may not know many English names so they go with something popular and easy to pronounce. I would suggest you learn the customs of the country you live in, OP, and don't be so judgemental.
Thalymor 0
Agreed, my boyfriend's family had a Taiwanese exchange student. Him and his twin brother were both here at the same time. Their English names were Thomas and Edison, so I'm going to say this is a fairly common thing to happen. However, those certainly weren't their real names. I also had a friend in high school whose name was Tri, but we all just called him Dan.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
58 and IF, I thought the same thing. I taught conversational ESL in China for a few months, and many students picked their own English name to use in classes long before enrolling in our particular workshop. I knew a huge Disney fangirl named Mickey, a guy who studied in Dublin named O'Conner (and boy, did he pick up the brogue), and one rather amazing student named Tom Cruise. He taught himself American cadence, speech patterns, gesturing, and idioms by watching and imitating the actor. You could definitely identify the various characters' influence as he talked. Each class also gave us Chinese names; mine was always Wawa, ie "baby doll."
redbluegreen 41
Mickey actually sounds really adorable as a name.
sweetTnt_fml 0
your life isn't effed. SCHUPID!
Zebidee 9
What sort of crazy parent would call their kid Harry?! Oh, pardonnez-moi - I have to go, my Mercedes is waiting out the front of the hotel...
habeeboburky94 0
at least it wasn't Edward and Cullen :O
Niaa_fml 0
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CharlieAndChapli 0
nope, my Biology teacher just named her son Edward Cullen Robinson. he goes by Cullen. i feel so sorry for him.
redbluegreen 41
That's pretty disgusting. I would never torture a child with such a horrible name.
munkee_6669 0
reminds me of a cop I know, officer Ben Dover lol
habeeboburky94 0
hahahahahahahahahahahaha