Today, my sister asked me, while making a cup of green tea with honey, "I wonder why they call it honey?" I replied, "Probably some Greek or Latin word meaning 'to sweeten'." She stopped, turned and with a serious face asked, "Where exactly is Latin?" FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I spent time with some of my extended family. To give you an idea of their pedigree, I overheard a daughter ask her mom, "Why did you name me Chanté?" The mom, "After the wine!" The daughter asked, "What wine?" and her mom replied, "You know, Chianti!" FML
Today, I showed my new tattoo to my friends. It's supposed to be a deep, philosophical quote in Latin, symbolizing strength and resilience. My friend, who happens to be fluent in Latin, started laughing hysterically. Turns out, it actually says, "You are dumb." FML
Today, at my mum’s birthday dinner, my brother-in-law used a Latin phrase in the wrong way. Since we all have learned Latin, I taught him the correct way until everyone facepalmed in my direction. He made a rather nice wordplay and now I’m known as the educated idiot who is too stupid to understand a simple joke. FML
Today, I was trying to flirt with a cute girl when I asked the barista, “Make mine just like hers.” It turns out she'd ordered a decaf soy lavender tea latte. I hate all of those words. FML
Today, my husband started taking language classes. Not something sensible like French or Spanish, but fucking Latin! Why the fuck would anyone learn Latin? What a stupid fuck. FML
Today, while home from college for the weekend, my sister started whining about how I keep using "big fancy college words" and making her feel bad. My sister is 27 and teaches elementary school. The word I used was "ludicrous." FML
Today, I said that I wasn't expecting someone to say salt made a food sweet. My friend then decided to explain what salt is, a flavor enhancer, and "like when it's on the rim of a Margarita." Really? We're all in college and I'm the only one who keeps their grades up. I know what the fuck salt is. FML
Today, my daughter ran up to me and gave me a cup. She said it was lemonade that she made with her friend. When I took a sip, she giggled and ran back to her room. It was not lemonade. FML
Today, I was talking to a smokin' hot Cuban sorority girl. She told me her mom only speaks Spanish, so she translates for her. Without thinking I said, "Oh like Chewbacca and Han Solo?" FML
Today, my sister told me about her upcoming trip to Mexico. I asked her how she was going to do anything without knowing any Spanish. She told me she's "just going to read their lips". FML
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Dave_Davington 34
For the record, it actually came from an Old Germanic word meaning "golden yellow". The more you know.
flamingarrow59 21
Her age could really factor into this. A 7 year saying that would't be that weird, but if your sister is 20 or so, there are some issues.
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Comments (51)
NYGiants1925 22
Your sister should not have children op.
KrDizzy 16
Well, you guys are in Texas, so I'm not surprised lol.
MagicalPegacorn 7
Rude.
species4872 20
Rude? but funny
LegendaryHood 6
Rude and a little mean, but ******* hilarious
kristinyash 12
I guess if she was a little kid, it wouldn't be to much of a deal to go on FML. So she's just not well educated in some areas, deal with it. Also it's not your kid, so you can blame it all on your parents lol
species4872 20
Ahhh blondes to be sure
rameses1210 18
The Latin is mel (whence Fr. miel, eng. mellifluous - flows like honey)
Cbnotme 20
Latinania
scyth3s 13
Doesn't she know that Latin is the native language of Latvia??!!
Bunnyluver 20
I wouldn't be so hard on her since there wasn't many context clues. Even if she took English, History or Geography classes.
iateapenguin 27
I have a degree in Latin. The FML itself didn't make me cringe, but my god, some of the comments here did.
blupenguin29 14
So what?