Today, I found out that my parents don't know the difference between a foreign person and a deaf person. They've been yelling at our exchange student for the past 2 days. 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 discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, my mom scolded me for ruining my sister's "vacation" here. She just got deported from abroad, and was only gone for 2 months after falling for a marriage scam. Now she deludes to herself that she was born and raised there, and claims not to understand our mother tongue, calling it third world primate language. FML
Today, I realized the guy I like is not deaf. This would normally be good news. However, for the past two weeks I assumed he was deaf after seeing him use sign language. I've been openly talking about him within earshot. FML
Today, my daughter told me she is pregnant. The father is the foreign exchange student who just moved back to Germany. FML
Today, a deaf customer came to my work. In an attempt to connect with him I introduced myself in sign language. He just rolled his eyes and pointed at my name tag. FML
Today, I bumped into my parents at the mall. They didn't tell me they were around. I live 5,000 miles away, in a different country from them. FML
Today, I went to a drive through with my housemate. She got our order wrong and angrily yelled at the teenager who handed us our food, making her cry. My housemate can't fully speak English because of a learning disability, and she refuses to admit it. FML
Today, I realized my coworker can't comprehend English, or any other language. When I mentioned this to a coworker, they accused me of being an ableist. This is the same person who insults him to his face, knowing he can't understand her. FML
Today, I overheard my parents arguing over who had to tell me that I'm adopted. FML
Today, I was eating dinner with my family. My parents didn't want me to hear what they were talking about so they decided they would spell out the words so I wouldn't understand. I didn't. FML
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Dixbfloppin 11
I hate stupid people.
PeterChaban 9
And parents think that us "youth" are cocky know it alls
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Comments (101)
newmandotcom 6
It took you 2 days to figure this out? FYL for not catching on after 1 hour....
DerMarktradikale 13
It seems, that not only US americans but also Canadians think that everyone can understand english, if you just speak LOUD and SLOW enough...
saksxalmo 20
shrdlu 28
Been a common misconception for decades at least, especially among Americans: anyone will understand English if it's spoken slowly, clearly, and loudly. This is often followed by an attempt to speak pidgin English with a foreign accent corresponding to the other person's language, e.g. "You likee cake-ee?" (for "Would you like some cake?") if the other person is, or appears to be, Chinese.
saksxalmo 20
If you speak slowly enough with body language, a lot of people even with only a basic knowledge of English will get what you're saying. But I don't understand why people think being louder will help. -_- Obviously volume is not the issue. My mom did the same thing to my French exchange student and I had to keep reminding her that she could hear perfectly fine. But it's not just Americans, several people did this to me when I was an exchange student in France and Germany. :P
daytoday21 10
Yelling wouldnt work for a deaf person either...
Jennielee 6
You don't know the the difference between a hearing person and a deaf person. It doesn't matter how much you scream a deaf person is no going to hear you.
spongeydude4 2
So are you saying your parents would yell at forein people and deaf people? ....not just sayin this cause' my parents are deaf....(ok maybe a little)
SoultheWolf 19
Why would they yell at a deaf person too...?
hateevryone 15
Just cause a person is foreign doesn't mean they're deaf.
vbmg152 19
Why do people do that?? It's the dumbest thing ever!
lostfaithinpppl 19
I agree, #92. Makes no sense to me.
thatssomeBS 9
Oh, you don't speak English as your first language? MAYBE THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND ME!