Today, two American guys attacked me for not speaking their language. I'm from England, and they said I'm speaking my own language wrong. FML
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Today, I was verbally abused by a tourist because neither I nor anyone else in my country can speak "proper English". We're in England - clue's in the name, dipshit. FML
Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML
Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML
Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML
Today, two drop dead gorgeous Australians asked me for directions. Being so shocked by their beauty and accents, I couldn't get words out of my mouth. Then one said to the other, "Nope, she doesn't speak English", then walked away. FML
Today, I was at the airport trying to help a man get to the right terminal. When he finished he turned to tell me "Don't worry, your English is pretty good, considering you're not American". English is my only language. FML
Today, I got lost in a foreign city while on vacation and couldn't communicate with anyone, because I didn't speak the language and no one seemed to be able, or even wanted, to speak to me in mine. FML
Today, I was on a chat site and a couple of cute guys asked for my "ASL". I had no idea what that meant so I asked one of my cousins. He said it meant "asshole" and that they were calling me an asshole. So I cursed at everyone who was actually asking for my "age, sex and location." FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML
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jsprackman 11
Im American and we can be pretty ignorant sometimes...
kareltje 17
Like Americans know their own language :D :D If anything ever was an oxymoron...
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kareltje 17
Like Americans know their own language :D :D If anything ever was an oxymoron...
lakaiskate 12
You are rude.
kareltje 17
I know, but the truth often is rude. And so are a lot of Americans, as you can see from OP's message. Oh, and btw... Seeing that your message will be buried any time now, I think more people agree with me than they do with you ;)
BeefyQueef 5
Canada!
Discombobulated9 12
UK vs US is brewing on this page. Hide yo children!
brown4lifejot 1
This might be kinda random but i was doing research on homicides in Canada and the UK yesterday and just noticed, for the biggest country on Earth, Canada is 35th for population xD yet they say we dont need immigrants. (UK is 15th, US is 3th)
laurbear12 3
3th?
brown4lifejot 1
My apologies :D i was just adding 'th' after each number. Must've missed that.
SUEHIM 0
YDI for saying that it's your language that's like an African saying your speaking my language wrong because language originated in africa same with society's so maybe they could say your doing society wrong. So stfu stop bitching yes it was rude of them well too bad princess their are dumb people in the world and by your FML I see you as one of them
chippedipp 0
Canada isnt the biggest country om earth, Russia is, do some more research
KeyboardWarrior 10
yeah 3th, it comes right after 2th.
NuTrees 9
Just like an American, proud and defensive of something we don't even know.
jsprackman 11
Im American and we can be pretty ignorant sometimes...
HowAreYouToday 34
Sometimes?
D37H100 5
I'm also American, and yeah a lot of times we are.. But they're some good people out there.
cBlackout 13
Idk, the ignorance levels vary by where you live, that's what all these Europeans don't understand. It's a population of 312 million you can't Judge the entire population off of an FML post or what you see on BBC. America is a great country, don't get me wrong there are some major dicks here, but it's an amazing country nonetheless.
Torva_fml 16
46: Tldr; don't judge the majority according to your view on a minority.
beachbabe830 0
Don't most people from England speak English? How would you type this if you don't...
very_clever 2
You best be trollin'.
cumatmebro 0
are u being serious or ... ?
gungun235 3
They sound different and some words mean other things like a fag there is a bundle of sticks and there's many more so yea
HappyJello 7
Are you really that stupid or what? Yes OP speaks English, but two stupid Americans attacked him because they thought that he was speaking English incorrectly. They probably thought that because of OP's accent.
old09 11
They were the real grammar nazis That's ****** up op
WCARlover 35
*waits for "only Americans" comments*
bigtaytay 13
Were u in Mississippi or Alabama? It makes a lot more sense if that was the case
AmericanRedcoat 6
I feel your pain mate...
tencentsakiss 19
They're probably the type of people that run around saying that they speak "Amerrrrrcan".
somerandomdude19 2
Only in America... :)
Feklfekl2222 32
How log until the comments become closed due to the America versus England war? Any bets.....
Feklfekl2222 32
*long
cBlackout 13
I give it another 45 minutes tops.