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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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

Stockholm06 3

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:17

Actually, you can speak Swedish in, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Also it helps you understand German.

TerryO 3

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:40

Are you stupid? German's not even close to Swedish

Stockholm06 3

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:51

Read again. It helps you understand, some words are very alike.

Hald 10

Thursday 8 September 2011 0:03

In Denmark i would use english, Danes don't like swedish, it sounds stupid, Norwegian are easier to understand for Danish people, if I have to talk to Swedish people I change to English, Swedish is just waste of time..

kareltje 17

Friday 9 September 2011 14:11

You clearly have no clue what you're talking about...

tbe99 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:20

aww, they hurt your feelings? Maybe now that you're in the "real world" you'll figure out that not everyone exists to make you feel good about yourself, especially after one year of a foreign language, which you probably aren't actually fluent in.

cobra_comm 12

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:38

Not if u go to ikea :)

AtrumMessor 1

Wednesday 7 September 2011 15:55

Unless you're going to Sweden, they're right. Given that the Swedes were never exactly expansionist, it's not really a language that's going to help you anywhere else...

saksxalmo 20

Wednesday 7 September 2011 22:52

Not Scandinavian, are you? There were two major power in Scandinavia historically: Denmark and *gasp* Sweden. Plus there were, you know, vikings??

Girl_No_2 2

Wednesday 7 September 2011 16:38

wait, we're supposed to believe that after ONE year you're fluent in swedish? i don't hink so kid, nice try.

Jem777 6

Wednesday 7 September 2011 16:40

Din mamma kan dra åt helvete Oh, that's just swedish for "Your mother can go to hell" :)

Hedda1 0

Wednesday 7 September 2011 16:41

Det är inte värdelöst! Sorry, men jag hatar din familj. Säg att om du vinner Nobelpriset så måste du ju åka till Sverige!

fogrunner 13

Wednesday 7 September 2011 16:59

True. Jäla minoritetsspråk. Alla borde snacka engelska :D

cynicalhumanist 9

Wednesday 7 September 2011 18:58

Så sant. Fjortisarna försöker ju införa engelska så gott de kan, men tyvärr är de lika värdelösa på engelska som på svenska...

junjunbun 28

Friday 20 May 2016 23:18

måste hålla med #120

dogpup4 23

Wednesday 7 September 2011 17:55

Really? Isn't Spanish one of the most common languages in the world (with Russian and English I think)? If I'm correct then it certainly isn't useless..