Today, my friend thought it would be funny to change the language setting on my phone to Mandarin. Unfortunately, neither of us knows Mandarin, and we can't change it back to English. FML
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Today, while I was in the shower, my older brother thought it would be funny to change the language on my phone to Serbo-Croatian. I don't know how and can't change it back. FML
Today, I was trying to get my girlfriend to speak Mandarin. After speaking her first words and taking a break, she posted on Facebook: "I speak ching chong! :D :D :D" FML
Today, in an idle moment I tried to change the language on a Word document. Instead, I changed my default Office language, and now all my Office apps - plus all my work Excel files - are now in Ukrainian. It's really hard to fix when you can't read the instructions. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I was trying to change my PIN code in order to make my phone more secure and prevent people from getting information from it. Instead, I somehow ended up locking my phone permanently. FML
Today, my husband changed the voice on my car's GPS to Mr T's. I don't know how to change it back. I've been saying, "I pity the fool" over and over again ever since. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, I texted my friend and asked her what her sad status on Facebook was about. She texted me back, saying her step-mother had passed away. I tried to reply with "awwh" but my phone autocorrected it to "ahaha." FML
Today, my friend asked me to order take out for him because he gets nervous on phones. I called a Chinese restaurant, only to get nervous, and hang up. FML
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Frenchtony 17
I did that once except that I changed it to Japanese, the FML was refused. FML
Kallian_fml 21
Time to make a new Asian friend.
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Comments (124)
hopelessefforts 9
the only logical answer I can think of is google.
RecAr 4
Yeah,I'm a chinese. 手机Is phone 设置is setting 语言is language. 英语Is English
MidnaLink 35
Problem solved.
Caltech 12
那么你在哪个学校读书呢？我也是中国的。
MidnaLink 35
Huh?
MidnaLink 35
Now I know what you said. Please use their number next time.
meow_jess 11
Go to the closest Chinatown and get some help :p
guyverzerox 6
Apparently neither of you know how to use a phone either, as most of them have pictures to show settings and the layout is not changed just because the language is. So getting to the language change is the exact same as when he did it in English.
Druu 53
Boo zhee daow. Which is mandarin for "I don't know." Sorry, OP.
MidnaLink 35
Actually it's "Wǒ bù zhīdào"
Caltech 12
我不知道 got it？
MidnaLink 35
Did I offend you or something, because I just corrected his pronounciation.
popeizzy 9
don't worry, in a few years China will have taken over and we will all have to learn it any ways.
RensM 22
This menu icons should be the same. so really not that hard to change back
Virtual_BS 13
Many phones have a hidden code (number) that you can punch in on the phone (dialler) keypad to reset the language to the sim card default and/or bring up the language menu. Google is your friend. Google may also be able to tell you which menu options to pick if you do not find the manufacturer's service code.
onerandomtask 14
one of the first things i figure out when i get a new phone is how to navigate to the language select option cause my friends and i do this to each others phones all the time
FuKcMee 32
lmao now youre going to have to master reset it
CharresBarkrey 16
That's a bit overboard.