By Kaddiscott - 20/01/2014 10:12 - Italy - Marco

Today, I was in a market in France, and went to ask the seller for some potatoes. I speak fluent French, but I got flustered and instead of saying "pomme de terre", which is the French for potato, I said "pomme de merde". I literally asked for an "apple of shit". FML
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Kaddiscott 11

Hi guys, OP here. I speak fluent french, I just had a little blunder. This was actually like a few months ago when I was on France on holiday, and yeah the seller gave me a funny look and we had a giggle, but then I said, ooops and that I meant to say potato. It was soooo embarrassing, my parents never let me live it down FML hahahah

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samuelbeathard 15

I'm currently learning another language and I know how a little slip up can make a big difference. A slight change in pronunciation can change "My house has 2 big rooms" to "My sister has 2 big testicles".

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luffynoandroid_fml 5

yep if you translate word by word but the right translation is potatoe no??

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flashback_fml 14

So did they give you an apple of shit

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kumarina 35

Spanish is my first language and sometimes I mispronounce words

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TcheQ 12

terre=terra=earth pretty sure potatoes grow in shit : p

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TheUngerWithout 7

No idea how you went from a potato to an apple of shit, but have fun with that.

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Merylwen 24

The French for potato literally translates as "apple of earth".

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NeatNit 32

Same in Hebrew. I'm guessing these aren't the only languages.

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viau 13

hahaha j'aurais ri! :) don t worry op!

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Cagara_fml 10

and did he give you some?

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dubc22 1

What did they give you?

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