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)
WickedFan 12
Take another phone that is the same kind And maneuver both at the same time Use the English on the second one to understand the first
free_the_people 2
Soo how'd you write this FML then if your phones in Mandarin....
thatgirl1299 11
Two words: Google Translate
guineagirl 18
The same happened to me but if you play with it for awhile it helps
MrBoredomioo 18
1. If it's written it's just Chinese 2. MEMORISE WHERE ALL YOUR SETTINGS ARE.
CaptainRR 20
Once, my dad screwed around with my phone and changed the language to some Asian language. After playing around with random buttons, we accidentally deleted the memory. So long, graduation photos.
GreekYogurt 26
You can reset it in iTunes on your computer and set it back to the start to choose English.
Rachstep22 15
Then how could you type this??
Jaelen13 6
Im guessing you posted this from a diff device then
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
Google tramslate ftw!