Today, I had a presentation in French class. I was so nervous, the first thing I said when I got up there was, "Hola." 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 gave a presentation to a group of international clients. Wanting to impress them, I tried to say "Thank you" in their language, which I thought was Portuguese. Turns out, I was speaking Spanish to a room full of French Canadians. Their confused faces were priceless. FML
Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML
Today, we had a speaking assessment in Spanish class. When it was my turn, I yawned in the middle of a sentence, said, "Excuse me" and finished my sentence. She took points off because I hesitated and I spoke in English, not Spanish. FML
Today, my French teacher set up a role-play scenario to act out in front of the class. During one of my lines, I mispronounced a phrase and called my teacher sexy. FML
Today, I had a presentation for my university class. The bus was 5 minutes late, and I ended up getting to class right on time. As I took a seat, my group was asked to present. I panicked and totally bombed my presentation. FML
Today, I had to give presentation at work, for which I'd extensively prepared. However, as soon as I started speaking, I had a sudden panic attack and forgot everything I'd rehearsed. I stumbled through the presentation, feeling the embarrassment steadily grow in front of my colleagues. I almost passed out. FML
Today, I was giving a presentation to my college class. I've had a natural stutter my whole life, so I stuttered through the whole thing. My professor tried to hold in her laughter for 15 minutes. FML
Today, I had a big presentation at work and I was feeling really confident. I'd practiced it over and over and I knew it inside out. But when I got up to speak, I realized I had left my notes at home. I ended up winging it and it was a disaster. FML
Today, at university, I worked up the courage to speak up in a lecture hall of 200 people. I raised my hand, made my point, and felt pretty good until the professor said, “That’s exactly what I said like five minutes ago.” Half the room turned to look at me like I'd just woken up from a nap mid-class. Which I had. FML
Today, I gave a presentation in class. I felt pretty good about it, until afterwards when I was told I lost points for communication because I'd been chewing gum. I wasn't, I just have a speech impediment. FML
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CaptainSaveAHoe 11
Extra credit points for being trilingual?
the_enigma1019 1
Everybody makes mistakes, what matters is your ability to play it off as a joke or make it work to your advantage.
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the_enigma1019 1
Everybody makes mistakes, what matters is your ability to play it off as a joke or make it work to your advantage.
LolFMLnot 10
Dora is that you?
rootbeer42 3
Hopefully she said something like "Hola... get it? Because this is a Spanish class, hahaha- hmhmm..."
CaptainSaveAHoe 11
Extra credit points for being trilingual?
BrimfullOfAsher 20
I'm sure that he will be popular once people learn that he's a cunning linguist.
sweetxxsongbird 11
Well multilingual, but yeah kudos for it!!
Pleonasm 36
Or "polyglotte"
saksxalmo 20
#18 - "Polyglot" in English.
Enslaved 38
What do you call someone that speaks two languages? Bilingual What do you call someone that speaks three languages? Trilingual What do you call someone that speaks only one language? American
Stalkerloo 11
Way to stereotype. It's not the kids fault that our education system sucks.
ManInTheMachine 20
Stalkerloo: Who is blaming the kids? It was just a joke, get your head out of your ass.
nictransitglory 4
I think 13's joke flew over everyone's head. It was pretty clever compared to most FML puns, but because it takes thinking to get everyone will just say its fail or not funny. +1 for you 13 for being able to make a play on words that is not a cat/nazi reference.
Pleonasm 36
I don't know about the others, but it was pretty obvious what he was getting at for me. I wouldn't say it flew over everyone's head: It's a pretty old play on words, kind of like that "cunning stunt" one. Nobody said it sucked so I don't know what you are getting at; maybe he's just getting thumbed down because it was an inappropriate time for it.
breathemein 10
Actually there's a lot of Americans that are fluent in Spanish.
perdix 31
#30, funny, except when I hear some of my fellow Americans speak, I think it's a bit of a stretch to give them credit for one ;)
SammyS2012 21
Hey to be fair, Americans tend to know less languages unless that's their field of focus. I have cousins in Morocco who were forced to learn Arabic (obviously), Spanish, French, and English, and be fluent in them. And in Peru, my mom had to learn Spanish, English, and a third language (she picked German, but never got good at it). Honestly, it's not THAT much of an insult; a disability, sure. But the public schools I have had contact with tend to focus more on math and science instead of language and the arts.
Stalkerloo 11
44- Whoa dude. Jeez. I didn't get a joke, my bad. We all know that humor translates terribly through text, and it's my fault for not getting it, but there's no need to blow me into an oblivion.
Harpy20 24
44-that's what she said?
saksxalmo 20
Lol, I'm American and speak 4-ish languages (learning more), but I still don't mind the "monolingual American" jokes. I like the one that goes something like "The average German speaks 2.3 languages, the average Brit speaks 1.4 languages, and the average American speaks 0.7 languages." :P
MrPlopper 9
Japan is a monolingual state. 'Murica isn't the only one there's more.
sens3sfailing 25
If you go to parts of Quebec and try and talk English there they might as well be monolingual as well. Some people are just ass holes who don't like people who don't speak their own tongue. I think it's so stupid to base a persons knowledge off of how many languages they know in a lot of situations. If you are a language major, then it is appropriate, but I'm going to be an engineer and haven't had time to study any languages. I am planning on learning Japanese mind you. I already have the Rosetta Stone for it, just not the time.
HouseElf 13
OP 不要担心, everyone will forget soon enough....
HouseElf 13
Obliviate~!
Selphis 20
Well... If the rest of the presentation is in french, I'm sure you'll be fine
DomDomxoxo 16
OP, just say "je te flup flee" like Joey did, you'll get away with it!
CharresBarkrey 16
Extreme props to you for making such an awesome reference. I though I was the only one who knew Friends this well :D
HMaxKing 3
I loved that reference that's what I thought of as soon as I read the FML
CheeseTron 15
Phoebé philangé
SammyS2012 21
"Oh mon Dieu..." "Oh, de foof!"
Amama_fml 30
I was just talking about this episode with my friend! Definitely best french reference ever... :)
SLRfan 4
"The guy on the tape said I was doing great!" Haha love that episode ^^
Poppipuff 14
In the french version, Joey tries to speak spanish
xNephilim 19
Huh, that's pretty awesome, though I probably shouldn't be so surprised by this. In Germany, Dora teaches English, so Joey "speaking" Spanish in the French version makes sense.
xNephilim 19
Huh, that's pretty awesome, though I probably shouldn't be so surprised by this. In Germany, Dora teaches English, so Joey "speaking" Spanish in the French version makes sense.
SteamyPenguin 46
#122 or anyone, does Dora teach any other languages?
oh_merde 11
I'd just play if off and make it seem like you were intentionally trying to be funny. I say this because I've dropped Spanish lines in French class before accidentally. Several times. Jajaja
oh_merde 11
J'habite près Mexico, alors je sais et utilise L'Espagnol tous les jours. There are hot Latinas in my French class lol.
saksxalmo 20
Don't even bother trying in Italian class. The people in my class just use Spanish words because It's easier than trying to learn new ones and they're pretty much the same language with accents and spelling changes. *sigh*
ClassyCommando 13
7- You have the perfect username for the OP's situation.
melij99 5
Maybe you should of ended with "Arigato", just to add a little more flare.
Gaaaahfyl 3
Maybe you should've said hello in couple of other European languages and then start off with your presentation.
iarefatal 9
I'm not sure if this is getting thumbed down because "Mexico isn't in Europe" by Americans who forget that Spain speaks Spanish too. I hope for my country that isn't the case.
iarefatal 9
Note: this comment had at time of my previous comment negative "thumbs"
cristy91 33
I'm not usually one to get annoyed at things like this, but it's pushed a button just now. Not all Americans are stupid. Yes, we have some really ******* idiotic people. Yes, we also have tv shows that only an ape would find amusing. This does not, though, mean we're all inbreed hicks trying to **** our cousins, drinking moonshine or failing at getting by third grade. Please, stop proliferating the stereotype. You know the FML community downs people's comments then ups them sporadically when FMLs are first posted. For the record, I'm first generation American from Cuban parents and have traveled Europe, so this is not one of those "America **** Yeah!" posts as much as an "Everyone has idiots, **** yeah." one. /end rant
ClassyCommando 13
That's all very well, every country has idiots. Can you please stop electing them?
SteamyPenguin 46
It's not a bad idea to try several different languages to get out of the initial blunder.
BlowinChronic 18
Ahh don't worry about it OP, when I had to do French projects half of it was normally in English because I absolutely sucked at French... I think you're on a better track than I was by using two foreign languages haha.
SCUBA_Diiver 3
Ahaha Bon travail. It's okay, I walk into my French class daily going "Hola Madame!"