Today, my friend thought it would be funny to change the language setting on my phone to Mandarin. Unfortunately, neither of us knows Mandarin, and we can't change it back to English. FML
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Today, while I was in the shower, my older brother thought it would be funny to change the language on my phone to Serbo-Croatian. I don't know how and can't change it back. FML
Today, I was trying to get my girlfriend to speak Mandarin. After speaking her first words and taking a break, she posted on Facebook: "I speak ching chong! :D :D :D" FML
Today, in an idle moment I tried to change the language on a Word document. Instead, I changed my default Office language, and now all my Office apps - plus all my work Excel files - are now in Ukrainian. It's really hard to fix when you can't read the instructions. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I was trying to change my PIN code in order to make my phone more secure and prevent people from getting information from it. Instead, I somehow ended up locking my phone permanently. FML
Today, my husband changed the voice on my car's GPS to Mr T's. I don't know how to change it back. I've been saying, "I pity the fool" over and over again ever since. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, I texted my friend and asked her what her sad status on Facebook was about. She texted me back, saying her step-mother had passed away. I tried to reply with "awwh" but my phone autocorrected it to "ahaha." FML
Today, my friend asked me to order take out for him because he gets nervous on phones. I called a Chinese restaurant, only to get nervous, and hang up. FML
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Frenchtony 17
I did that once except that I changed it to Japanese, the FML was refused. FML
Kallian_fml 21
Time to make a new Asian friend.
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Comments (124)
Kallian_fml 21
Time to make a new Asian friend.
buckerado 19
This has happened to me before, all you need to do is put your phone in a bag of rice at night, then wait for the Asians to come and fix it...this also works on all other electronics.
perdix 31
Unless they are Pakistani or Uzbek, because that probably won't help.
TimeDisposalEngi 14
37, you make me wish I could favourite comments :D
Ian7890 23
who is 37?
Zimmington 21
Or he could Google it. I'm sure he's not the first to do this. I know I have.
license2chill 5
Or just find a Chinese guy on the street to help?
tjv3 10
Google it
Rougeee 6
Just tell Siri to fix it for you, OP!
Vashen 5
Restore your phone from iTunes.
Caltech 12
Asian is not equal to Chinese.
AssassinBug 15
Roses are red Violets are blue If Asians can't solve it It's impossibru!
Frenchtony 17
I did that once except that I changed it to Japanese, the FML was refused. FML
hessel 13
lol FML staff win
TourettesGuyFTW 26
That symbol = 'ha' in Japanese.
BauerMegan 31
*The more you know*
Tristanoz 1
Actually, in this situation it means 'wa'.
SwtCherryPie 26
Kind of depends on who decided to moderate FML's that day. Not just up to the FML staff entirely.
Sirin_fml 47
Well, it is really. Otherwise people might get to see gems like this: "Today,I tell my friend ‘u are my bbf.’My friend almost cry.I though becuz she is so touch.BUT she say I HATE U!!I m O.o.THEN I noe BBF STAND FOR BAD fr 4EVER…. XD LOL" Riveting stuff.
Tristanoz 1
Well, she totally deserved that.
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
The sad thing, Sirin, is that you can't moderate anymore without 70% of the FMLs being just like that.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
OMFG Sirin, have a heart! He/She sounds heartbroken. From what I can make out of that particular piece of poetry.
Rm85RIDER11 12
FML staff like a boss!
BjgUsername 12
Google it, hopefully they'll have a how to guide with pictures for each step. If that doesn't work go to the store, I'm sure they can fix it.
jaredofmo 22
Yeah, there's even a "how to" YouTube video called "How To Change The Language on your iPod, iPhone or iPad." (There's probably more than one, I stopped looking after the first one.)
courtz94 24
Just keep guessing on the settings. Or reset the phone. Maybe go to your cell phone provider?
challan 19
你搞砸 which means... You're screwed! Seriously OP, just run down to the apple store. They'll fix out for you.
Kazeran 9
How do you know it's an Apple product?
lbrown66 12
The name of the poster is damniphone...
juwood 7
People are so unaware of their surroundings.
jcbinglis 7
I'm not positive but I don't think google translate has mandarin. I don't think it would be possible because mandarin has around 2000 characters.
lbrown66 12
Use a translator online?
dyehardxen 19
OP would have to figure out how to type Mandarin, also.
Faff 20
no he could just look up the words 'settings' and 'language' in Google translate and then look for the characters in his phone.
Wizardo 34
Call that one Chinese guy you know to fix it and be forever indebted to him! Its all good.
deepunder 17
I feel insulted. People in my debt never fill them.
Caltech 12
#93. just a joke. if i were OP, i wouldnt feel insulted. Thats OK
SweetJTBR 22
Hey, it's not so hard! Just play around with it until you find it! Do you know the settings icon? Go into your settings, press the option that has the same icon, then chose the third option from the bottom. In this new screen press the first option and there you go, language settings! Hope it helps~ c:
jelly713 19
If you don't know what the icon looks like grab someone else's iPhone & find the language settings on that one, then do the exact same thing on your Mandarin iPhone.
kee_breezy32 34
that is so true !
mstedforrester 6
find someone with the same phone as yours so you can change it back by modelling after the english one...
TogeBara 12
I did that permanently to keep people from screwing with my phone. I barely know much Japanese, but it allows me to leave it around the house without worry that anyone will or even COULD browse anything in it. Just memorize your menu options. You could go to the store and they can reset it, or you could find someone with the same phone and just copy the options that way. If the store can't fix it then just go to the store and ask to see your brand of phone and do option 2 that way. #5 I wonder why you would assume it to be a crappy iExspencivePieceOfCrap? Maybe it isn't an apple? Those things tend to suck tbh anyway...
Caitie_kid 8
Because ops name is damniphone.
KMCG31 3
You surely don't know nothing, iPhones are the best! Even tough I don't have one. They have a great great quality
Ambiguous404 6
42- sorry to be a prick, but you used a double negative. If he don't know nothing it means he knows something!