figures
United States
Birth certificate
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
nobodyreadsmyemails
Canada
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Anonymous
My name is actually Blurt
Today, I saw my original birth certificate and realised I’ve spent almost all my life misspelling my first name. Now I’m worried it might invalidate pretty much every legal document I’ve ever signed. FML
Edward
Unforgettable
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
TatooFAIL
United States
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Anonymous
Let him cook
Today, I realized that I've been using the wrong name for a coworker for the past 6 months. I just found out their real name when I saw their name tag. FML
somefamily
This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff
Wayne, United States
Steve? Pete?
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
Amk
Fayetteville, United States
Today, I was so nervous about a medical exam I was about to take, that I misspelled my own first name. It only has three letters. FML
Lauren
United States
What's my name again?
Today, I found out that I’ve been greeting a coworker by the wrong name for six weeks. The worst part? They never corrected me because they thought it was funny, especially because it turns out to be their mom's name. FML
Anonymous
United States
Kwinoah?
Today, I found out that I've been pronouncing "quinoa" wrong for years. FML
Top comments
redbluegreen 41
It's alright. My parents never told me how to spell mine. I just made it up and decided how I wanted it pronounced too. It's not a common name though. I've never heard of something similar to it.
mushoo_fml 0
I think it's dblueg.
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Comments (166)
Brouhaha_fml 0
RAWR, ****** RAWR
WTFsGoingOn 0
I'm about to turn 25 and I spell my middle name incorrectly. Except the main difference between the OP and me is it sounds like he realized he had been spelling it wrong due to his own error, my middle name just happens to actually be spelled wrong on the birth certificate.
sharon_ellj 0
How the hell did you do that?
frankgrimes 4
Boo Hoo....next
rosiegrewup 0
My middle name was misspelled on my birth certificate and had to be changed by deedpoll. :|
nneamaka1994 0
omg. that is so wierd. i found out that i spelt my middle name wrong on the same day too when i was looking through some pic albums. ive been doing this for the past 15 years. freaky. anyways, my mid name has an o in it and i always thought it was a u. this is so wierd. i was going to post it on fm tool.
Cameo_fml 0
Not only did you misspell 'weird' two times, you also wrote 'a u' and put on an extra 'l' at the end of your comment. You also fail to use capital letters. You having misspelled your name isn't much of a surprise.
drybamboo 0
My sister found out she's been misspelling her first name all along too. At 16, when she finally took a good look at her social security card. She's like a stranger to me now...................
d4m4s74 12
It doesn't matter if you spell your middle name wrong, it's useless anyway. If you misspelled your first or last name, then it would be a fml, right now I don't vote.
daytonOH 0
I work at the Social Security Administration. Trust me, there are like a million people out there who don't know how to spell their middle names, or their first names, or their kids names. They don't know their kids' birthdays, their own phone numbers, or their wedding anniversaries. Lots don't even know their actual legal names- their record says one thing, but they insist that they "go by" something totally different. If ever you are pondering how people can do such stupid things in America, remember that so many people just are really absolutely stupid.
perdix 31
Oh, BFD. My daughter's middle name is spelled as often with one 'L' as it is with two. We chose the double-L version, but if down the road, she wants the single-L one, we're not going to get all wound up about it.