Today, I'm studying abroad in Mexico and someone asked me what it's like to be from Minnesota. I responded in Spanish, in front of thirty people, what I thought translated to, "If you get cold, you can just put on a jacket." Apparently, what I thought meant "jacket" actually meant "masturbate". FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, after I went to Mexico for its museums, when I try to share my experience with other guys, they all think I went there for sex. FML
Today, my sister told me about her upcoming trip to Mexico. I asked her how she was going to do anything without knowing any Spanish. She told me she's "just going to read their lips". FML
Today, I checked in a group of men from Mexico. I speak just enough Spanish to realize they're discussing my breasts. I have to stand there smiling while checking in three more people. FML
Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML
Today, I was spacing out in French class and randomly got an erection. My professor called on me to stand up at the front of the room and say, "I am wearing a belt," in French. Not everyone was observing just my belt. FML
Today, my Spanish teacher imitated the sound of a coffee grinder, and then said in Spanish, "OK, all of you do it." I did it, thinking everyone else would too. I was the only one in the class who'd understood the Spanish part. FML
Today, I wore a Stanford college T-shirt to school. My Spanish teacher took one look at it and said "You wish". FML
Today, I visited my son at work. He's an interpreter for the government. As I watched him converse with a group of men, I was overcome with pride. Then the woman next to me said, "I can't believe they're talking about that in public." They were discussing masturbation techniques. FML
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
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devela 0
Actually, you are all missing the FML here. She used the word 'chaqueta' wich correctly means jacket in Spanish but in Mexican slang, 'chaqueta' means to **********. So in all fairness your spanish was correct but while in Mexico you may want to stay with 'Chamarra' instead of 'Chaqueta' when referring to your jacket.
SamFromAccountin 0
I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid **** your jacket
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mikerod 0
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i was studying abroad in panama, i was paired with two partners, one from california, and minnesota, i'm from california too, so we made fun of the kid from minnesota all the time and asked him some crazy questions and when he'd asked why we thought this we told him it was b/c he was from minnesota
trollsemen 8
Your a little bitch.
kittykail13 2
I feel like I wasted five seconds of my life reading that..seriously.
FoxHunt9119 19
I know...
SamFromAccountin 0
I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid **** your jacket
speedracer_1 0
in texas, we got to 105 degrees. the humidity is so bad, were actually hotter than the deserts of arizona. it's summer, and my summer job consists of going outside. so don't complain.
VolleyballSMASH 1
I live in Wisconsin. we get over our weather issuses or move.
hahafylop 4
YEAH WISCONSIN SAME HERE!!!!
luna_y_mar 0
I'm from and was born in Minnesota but I am Mexican. and yes I still speak Spanish I have not forgotten it
Suicidalpotatoe 0
Come up to Minnesota I dare you if u thinks it's nice up here think again
DaniPandi 22
Jacket=/=**********
Link5794 18
Jacket ~ Jack it/**********
devela 0
Actually, you are all missing the FML here. She used the word 'chaqueta' wich correctly means jacket in Spanish but in Mexican slang, 'chaqueta' means to **********. So in all fairness your spanish was correct but while in Mexico you may want to stay with 'Chamarra' instead of 'Chaqueta' when referring to your jacket.
anonymous_user 0
really? you learn something new everyday ;). i really think they should teach you a different word for jacket, then, in spanish class, they tought me the same word...
TheRealEllieSan 9
Same here! But the best part about this is that my best friend is mexican and helps me practice my Spanish, and hasn't corrected me' once on this.
danrad4life 1
I live in Mexico andhad no idea that word was slang for **********.. FML
Mischief109 11
I was taught that chequeta and abrigo were both words for jacket
Likian5 26
Not kidding, I just found that out the hard way at work just about a month ago haha
GirasolNegro 22
#67, chaqueta means jacket, abrigo means coat
TheAspieDork 27
Thanks for the warning, dude, I'm currently learning Spanish and didn't realize that (to make matters worse, I live in Texas, so most Spanish speakers here use the Mexican dialect)
19jburner 15
I'll have to tell my Spanish teachers about this, cause they've been teaching 'Chaqueta' for a while now.
xsydbabyx 0
Well... masturbating does heat things up. So you were right too! No worries. - S.
mister_moops 0
how do you mess that up? why do you know what ********** is in spanish?
Dylan94_fml 8
he didnt intentionally mean to say ********** that's just what the word translated to
purplebluetattoo 3
Like "Jack it" . lmao
PhishloverA 14
LOL
retoxified 0
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Are you a ******* retard? Learn how to read.
brand125 17
are you?
Argh_fml 0
yeah dude "masturbarse" means "to **********", you must have definitely said "coger"
Paradoxx5 8
That's what I was about to say. Or maybe he said "chingar"?
rednals 0
so any way i conviced this girl today who is studying abroad that we all thought she said **********, even though it was quite clear she was meaning jacket. she was so embarased.
joh04667 0
ya i'm from minnesota......why does everyone think its so cold here? i mean, it's not exactly warm....but its not like peguin and igloo cold.....
UmbreonKirby 14
Folks, pay no attention to this person. They are the person who walks around in four feet of snow in shorts and a t-shirt. In other words, they are the lucky type of minnesotan native
fnool 0
Jacket... Jack it... Easily confused, no?
madasahatter 0
Ha I agree. It even works in english!
hockeylover7171 0
lmfao