Miscellaneous: Today, I was told the Mandarin greeting that my new Chinese friends...

By FML - 15/05/2012 19:02 - Finland

Today, I was told the Mandarin greeting that my new Chinese friends at school taught me was not really a greeting at all. I've been proclaiming "I'm a dumb bitch" every time I've greeted them, almost every day for the past month. FML

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By J - 30/08/2016 17:20 - United States - Englewood

Today, I heard from multiple people that my girlfriend called me a dumbass because I apparently sent her "Good Morning" twice. We aren't even three full days into the relationship. FML

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jessimica642 8

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:14

Lol that's so mean, but funny

Minna_fml 14

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:15

Then say nothing at all.

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Shades99 1

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:56

lol

neuroticallyyour_fml 17

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:56

To all the people saying she deserves it for not going online and using a translator, I'm currently taking my foreign language sequence for school and my professor made it explicitly clear that online translators are extremely flawed and put you at risk of saying things such as OP had been saying because they are so flawed. So long story short, an online translator might just make OP look even worse.

dc4 12

Wednesday 16 May 2012 5:49

Online translators are usually only wrong for when translating sentences, not single words. I doubt a translator could mess up a simple greeting so badly.

peacefully84 19

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:57

You should find out how to say "You're an asshole" and use that to greet them instead!

marramrammar 2

Tuesday 15 May 2012 23:57

Learn something that insults them in Chinese. Like your all b's, and say it to them daily. Act naive and say it daily- saying you were told that is the proper response. Then say I can't wait to meet your parents and use it! ;-)

Blaqkeyeliner 6

Wednesday 16 May 2012 0:03

Ha, don't feel so bad OP. When I moved to the US I didn't speak a lick of English and was befriended with a bunch of hooligans that taught me "**** you, bitch" after being sent to the principles office my first day at my new school in a new country I realized that that wasn't a very polite greeting.

Blaqkeyeliner 6

Wednesday 16 May 2012 1:09

Absolutely! I took my teachers cellphone when she wasn't looking and put it in one of the bullies backpack :P she got caught and wasn't allowed to go on any field trips for the entire year. :D I waived from the bus as she was stuck watching movies with the smelly P.E teacher.