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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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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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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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

jerico616 14

Wednesday 7 September 2011 12:33

That ranks up there with saying that you are fluent in Latin!

Schiffy 18

Wednesday 7 September 2011 12:35

According to the ignorant, no one speaks any Nordic languages

stevenmx86 7

Wednesday 7 September 2011 12:51

I mean she's pretty correct... At least it isn't a dead language but it IS pretty useless...

sourspraykay 8

Wednesday 7 September 2011 12:51

An FML shows up about another language and suddenly all the comments are in that language...

CrazyManNo9 29

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:08

A Swiss man, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Americans are waiting. “Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?” he asks. The two Americans just stare at him. “Excusez-moi, parlez vous Fracais?” he tries. The two continue to stare. “Parlare Italiano?” No response. “Hablan ustedes Espanol?” Still nothing. The Swiss guy drives off, extremely disgusted. The first American turns to the second and says, “Y’know, maybe we should learn a foreign language.” “Why?” says the other. “That guy knew four languages, and it didn’t do him any good.”

wiilska 1

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:19

You know that a Swiss is a person from Switzerland right? A Swede is from Sweden.

owo_fml 9

Thursday 8 September 2011 2:25

That's nice. I'm glad you know The distinction. I'm pretty sure the guy was just telling a joke though.

popples2112 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:08

well it kinda is unless you live in or near Sweden

wiilska 1

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:15

Bra jobbat, även fast jag är liiite osäker på om du verkligen kan prata svenska flytande helt. Annars så, go Sweden go! ;D

gleeklove 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:19

Just start cursing at them in Swedish ;)

dottersvea 5

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:23

I think you should get a lot more credit for learning swedish. it's a really tough language to learn if you're not swedish yourself. bra jobbat! i hope you'll come here to practise it, then you'll see that it's not useless. lots of hugs from sweden

live_2_eat 5

Wednesday 7 September 2011 13:31

That's harsh. It may not be the most widely used language, but I personally still think it's pretty damn cool you can speak it! Just go have a long holiday in Sweden then when you get back tell your family how amazing your holiday was and how useful it was to be able to speak fluent Swedish ;)