Language and Love: Alexa, play "You made me realise" by My Bloody Valentine

Alexa, play "You made me realise" by My Bloody Valentine

By singleandthankful - 23/02/2013 23:18 - United Kingdom - Beaconsfield

Today, my now ex-boyfriend called me out after I spelt "realised" with an S instead of a Z. It wouldn't have been so bad, if we weren't both British, if he hadn't called me an "illiterate idiot", and if he hadn't muttered "family of morons" when my mum backed me up. FML

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Booksmart

By Anonymous - 04/04/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, my dad accused me of being illiterate when I used a word he'd never heard of, saying it sounded like lazy slang, and that it wasn't a real word. He then yelled at me for being a "smartass who's always right" when I read aloud the definition from his 1978 copy of Webster's dictionary. Guess he's not enthused. FML

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You deserved it 104

By Anonymous - 04/09/2011 05:41 - United States

Today, my boyfriend and I got into a huge fight. What was it over? He accused me of pronouncing MY name wrong. FML

I agree, your life sucks 36 750

You deserved it 3 881

By seriously? - 22/12/2012 22:19 - United States - Spring

Today, while talking to my boyfriend, he got upset and accused me of making up words to make him feel stupid. All because I used the word "vapid." FML

I agree, your life sucks 30 552

You deserved it 7 575

Disrespect to the max

By bunnyyy - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my boyfriend broke up with me via text message. You would think he could at least spell my name right while ending our relationship. FML

I agree, your life sucks 36 862

You deserved it 3 896

By Gus - 30/11/2012 19:30 - Canada - Richmond

Today, my girlfriend confronted me for forgetting to take the trash out. At some point during the argument, I tried to calm her down, and the words "I should of" escaped my lips. She spent the next ten minutes calling me stupid and laughing at how my grammar goes to hell when I'm distressed. FML

I agree, your life sucks 22 328

You deserved it 5 007

Ready to rumble

By rawkdinosawr - 09/05/2009 15:48 - United Kingdom

Today, I had a massive argument with my boyfriend, in which he called me stupid repeatedly. I stomped out of his house and sent a very angry text to my best friend about him. She didn't text back. Then my boyfriend texted, "My girlfriend is so stupid, she can't even text the right number." FML

I agree, your life sucks 21 056

You deserved it 77 096

By properpissed - 03/06/2014 15:36 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I was talking to one of my British friends online, and he told me to say "yew anchors" a few times really fast. I'm a fairly stupid person, and wasn't very focused, so I did as he said. When I finally figured what the words meant, my dad had heard and grounded me for cursing. FML

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You deserved it 10 171

Underfunded and underappreciated

By lrn2spel, teach - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Mogadore

Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML

I agree, your life sucks 47 085

You deserved it 4 689

By thatsnotmyname - 03/07/2014 03:12 - United States - Calhoun City

Today, my boyfriend of a couple of weeks mixed up my name with his ex-wife's name. After he said it, he looked at me and said, "You knew it was going to happen." FML

I agree, your life sucks 45 062

You deserved it 7 814

Steve? Pete?

By somefamily - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States - Wayne

Today, I found out that I've been calling my boyfriend's dad by the wrong name for the past two years. No one had told me sooner because they liked laughing at me for it when I wasn't around. FML

I agree, your life sucks 27 437

You deserved it 4 509

Vidrill 22

Sunday 24 February 2013 3:23

It's so annoying when people are arrogant and rude on top of being blatantly wrong...

fylx100 19

Sunday 24 February 2013 3:29

You just went full retard. Never go full retard.

Comments

nvo 6

Monday 25 February 2013 8:43

Good riddance.

heatherecu 3

Tuesday 26 February 2013 16:17

Just so you're aware, spelt is not a word. The word you're looking for is "spelled'.

Shade1982 20

Friday 5 April 2013 15:17

I was about to reply the same thing :P. He could, although unlikely, have been sarcastic though...

thezachman1 2

Tuesday 26 February 2013 19:46

What an asshole. Sounds like my friends.

roxyelizabeth 3

Thursday 28 February 2013 22:01

I used to always spell it wrong & my ex would pick on me for it. Don't understand the huge deal and why the need for added drama over a simple spelling mistake.

Ertd 3

Monday 6 May 2013 16:30

Spelled.... Spelt is a grain.

Alpaca_BAMF 8

Friday 28 June 2013 21:58

That really sucks

Alpaca_BAMF 8

Friday 28 June 2013 22:00

He is the illiterate idiot

toneeangel 22

Sunday 8 September 2013 21:28

Ps. the equivalent for Mom is Mum for them.

JustNatalie 8

Sunday 8 September 2013 23:25

I never know which to use, but just because I can, I always use Z.

rameses1210 18

Friday 27 February 2015 9:43

Either is correct. I'm Australian, but I consistently spell -ize instead of -ise. I think it's just personal preference - neither is right nor wrong. Incidentally, the OED prefers the -ize spelling