Today, my teenage daughter asked me if accents are hereditary. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Same thing different taste
Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML
Today, I had to tell my teenage son that no, his knowledge of the English language was not passed down to him genetically. FML
Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML
Today, my 15-year-old birth daughter asked if I've ever had sex. FML
Today, someone asked my wife if I was her father. FML
Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML
Why not both?
Today, my 6 year-old daughter saw me putting on makeup and asked, “Mommy, are you trying to look less tired or more alive?” FML
Bruvophobia
Today, my mom mentioned how she loves a certain actor's "British" accent. I couldn't help but mention that there's no such thing, and that there are lots of different accents in Britain. She got pissed and lectured me for "lying" to her and trying to make her feel stupid. FML
Nature vs. Nurture
Today, I think my daughter is the only person in the world who was born racist. The other day she said to me, “Girls with dark skin can’t be pretty.” FML
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P374RD3D 9
Dumb girl, they're sexually transmitted
Meowingtons500 18
I hope stupidity isn't. Or your unborn grand-babies are screwed.
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mikuxxhatsune 32
At least she knows what hereditary means...
halfawannabe 14
Depending on how you look at it yes. They are something you can inherit, they're just not genetic.
rabid_otaku 29
This is one of those things that she just must not have heard the answer to anywhere. It's like not knowing what a word means because no one ever taught it to you. We can't blame her because she didn't learn that at some point. In fact, we should give her credit for asking and taking the time to learn it for herself.
khiiirsty 14
If she was 5 this wouldn't have been so bad lol
KrazyKatz3 26
That isn't a bad question seeing as most people talk like their parents.