Today, I spent a full hour working on my British accent. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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Today, I spent four hours practicing funny voices. I have literally nothing better to do all day. FML
Bonjour!
Today, while working alone, I decided to just try some random impressions, and so I ended up doing a French accent when a customer walked in. To avoid embarrassment, I had to continue faking the accent as he struck up a long conversation with me. FML
Today, for the second time this week, I was asked to stop putting on such an obviously fake "British" accent. I am British and have lived here all my life. FML
Today, my mom thought it would be a good idea for me to talk with a British accent during my job interview to make me sound smarter. I'm applying for a job at McDonald's. FML
Today, while on my break at work, my workmates convinced me to perform my "Indian accent" piece. Everyone laughed while I was doing it. Everyone, that is, but my Indian boss. FML
Why would you do that?
Today, my best friend and I went to the movies. There was a hot cashier, so I thought it would be cool to talk in a British accent to try and be sexy. I walked up and started talking when he interrupted me and said in a very heavy British accent, "I know you're faking. You can stop now." FML
Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML
Weird flex, but okay…
Today, I went through a fast-food drive-thru and gave my order in a perfect British accent for fun. When I got to the window, the cashier handed me my food and said, "I love your accent!" Caught off guard, I replied, "Oh, thanks a lot!" in my normal New Jersey accent. The confusion on her face was priceless. FML
What word was it?
Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML
Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML
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Dodie__fml 2
why didn't you just paint the walls and watch them dry? or watch some grass grow?
shadowtails 0
So was it an English, Irish, Welsh or Scottish accent? There's no such thing as a 'British' accent. I'm assuming you mean it as in Queen's English, which I've only ever heard from the Royal family or American Tv shows
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Comments (166)
leylaax_fml 0
Not all of us are posh like the queen.
AJRENO 0
Sounds like fun to me. Something I would do.
charlielara 4
I'm going to assume you were doing an American-queens English which actually sounds nothing like an accent from any region of England. Watch an English show and you may be able to do a good one :)
Neith_fml 0
You do realise that there is no such thing right?
SpeechQween94 14
I've had to do the same thing with a New York accent for a play before. The day we performed I literally couldn't stop using it all day.
SkoomaKi 28
You'll never be as good as a born British person.
ImTheAlpha 30
I've spent three hours working on a Russian accent.
irishpotatoes 5
I work on my irish accent all the time
LosAngelesGalaxy 7
Well it bettah bloody sound like a propah British accent
Euronymous93 29
Wow you're a ******* idiot, OP.