Miscellaneous: Today, I came home to visit my family after a year at college....

By jag talar - 07/09/2011 00:01 - Canada

Today, I came home to visit my family after a year at college. Expecting to impress them, I proudly informed them that I now speak fluent Swedish. Imagine my surprise when my mother said, "That's a useless language" and everyone agreed. FML

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By Awesome - 17/08/2011 00:05

Today, I found out that I was moving to Germany. I'm going to be put back a year in school because of the system change. I also don't speak a word of German. Why? Because my mother wants to brag about this experience to her friends. FML

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By SwedishBozo - 15/03/2009 01:30 - United States

Today, my family and I were at a restaurant. We're Swedish and love talking about people in our language because no one ever understands here. I decided to comment about how ugly the girl at the next table was. She turned around and goes "Dra åt helvete." That's Swedish for "Go to hell." FML

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By Blöde Gans - 25/11/2014 16:14 - United States - Ormond Beach

Today, my mom booked a family trip to Sweden. This would be great, if she hadn't asked me to tell our former German exchange student that we were coming to visit her in Germany. She was thrilled. Now I have to be the one to let her down. FML

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By Favorite - 13/11/2023 15:00 - Philippines - Makati City

Today, my mom scolded me for ruining my sister's "vacation" here. She just got deported from abroad, and was only gone for 2 months after falling for a marriage scam. Now she deludes to herself that she was born and raised there, and claims not to understand our mother tongue, calling it third world primate language. FML

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Truth bomb

By Anonymous - 27/03/2009 00:02 - United States

Today, I showed up at my boyfriend's work to surprise him by speaking in Spanish, his first language. I've been taking classes secretly. He smiled, kissed me, and then finished telling his friend, in Spanish, that I'm boring and ugly but he's got nothing better going on. FML

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I'm right here

By familyfued - 17/02/2018 01:30

Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML

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By spanishsucks - 01/04/2012 03:01 - United States - Livingston

Today, I introduced my mother to my new girlfriend. My mom made a very nasty comment about her in Spanish, not realizing that my girlfriend teaches Spanish at the local school. FML

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By biblepain - 28/03/2015 02:12 - United States - Tucson

Today, I met my girlfriend's parents for the first time. Within minutes, they said I needed to leave. Their reason? Apparently, I was mocking her dad's speech impediment. I also have one but they wouldn't believe me. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2010 14:45 - Brunei Darussalam

Today, my crush walked me home. As my mom opens the door, she tells me in Russian how ugly he is, and that I have extremely bad taste. Out of all the languages in the world, he happens to be fluent in Russian. FML

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By jan420 - 09/11/2012 22:03 - Norway - Moss

Today, I paid a surprise visit to my parents, after having moved out for university last year. My room had been stripped bare and all the family photos featuring me were missing from the wall. When I asked why, my mom asked me in return why I was asking stupid questions. FML

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azcardinals1307 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 8:41

well, it does depend on the location, but that's pretty harsh of them.

StoryOfTheYear 14

Wednesday 7 September 2011 8:44

Anything to do with Scandanavia is awesome.

Comments

steelarsman 0

Thursday 8 September 2011 3:21

That bit**! I'm Swedish..

sundsvall 1

Thursday 8 September 2011 3:51

Svenska är awesome! Skit i vad din familj tycker. Gå runt och prata som Peter Stormare istället! Swedish is awesome! Dont bother what your family thinks. Walk around and talk like Peter Stormare instead!

aragmir 13

Thursday 8 September 2011 5:18

I could come over and strangle your mom with my long blond viking beard, and you would be the only one that could tell me to stop. Not so useless anymore!!! ;D Hälsningar från Sverige / Greetings from Sweden

CaptainCats 14

Thursday 8 September 2011 5:20

Not a useless language if you plan to move to Sverige!

aymer31 0

Thursday 8 September 2011 5:57

How do u say i love hockey

mikkkan 1

Friday 9 September 2011 15:42

Jag älskar hockey

Milbeo 1

Friday 9 September 2011 23:04

Well, acutally that's how you write it. To know how to pronounce "jag älskar hockey" you need to write it in phonetic writing. And that would be something like: "jɑ:g ælskʌr hockey". (Hockey is pronounced pretty much the same in swedish as in english). Don't forget to roll the r! The g-sound can be eliminated to get at better flow. Good luck.

KK3137 31

Thursday 8 September 2011 7:16

Swedish FTW! Actually it's a great language, very good even just for learning other ones later. Also, it's really close to Norwegian and Danish, so you can understand the whole of Scandinavia, and about half the people in Finland understand/speak Swedish too. Congrats btw! :)

MeMeek 0

Thursday 8 September 2011 10:57

How could you be fluent after just a year? You were just bragging!

Evan2297 0

Thursday 8 September 2011 12:49

Swedish is a great language, along with German.

cimh 9

Thursday 8 September 2011 14:57

Since when is any language useless? I mean at least the spoken ones at least! Sorry OP that your family thinks different. Keep up with learning languages as long as YOU want it!