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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
XistingPrince 9
Aren't there tutorials online on how you change change it back to the original language? Sounds like they didn't try Youtube or Google? YDI anon
beclaurela 18
Wow. Stupid. Just use another iPhone or iPod to see where the buttons are at to change it then do it on your phone.
Snaek 10
iPhones aren't the only type of phone that exists on this world. Could be a Nokia or Samsung or something else
Jenn50 19
Except for the user name. And the half dozen people above you who made the same mistake and had people correct them.
gaki_fml 8
restore default settings, or Google the answer. the language changed, but the placement didn't.
jaychourox121 15
Just take someone else who has the same phone as you and follow all the same instructions
russianboss123 17
Google translator to the rescue
Cestrella 12
Reset your phone.
jakobrb 2
Use another iphone to see where you change it back
pinkchocoa 15
Just click the same thing as what you would click in english and change it back... If you still don't know you can take someone else hat has the same phone as you and look at their settings
Pinkgal123 24
I know mandarin, what kind phone do u have? I could know, my sister broke 9 different kind of phone and I mermorized there settings bar.
worldclassrager 41
Compare it to one in English...or take it to a cell shop for a hard reset...