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By Frenchgirl - 16/09/2011 01:42 - United States

Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML

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By SpanishInFrenchClass - 06/12/2012 05:35 - United States

Today, I had a presentation in French class. I was so nervous, the first thing I said when I got up there was, "Hola." FML

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By Anonymous - 19/03/2009 05:17 - United States

Today, I got a phone call, and the person on the other line started speaking French. I assumed it was my friend since we usually speak French with each other, so I said in French "What do you want, asshole?". It wasn't my friend. It was a representative for the exchange program I'm applying for. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/09/2015 04:31 - United States - Lincoln

Today, I began taking a French language class. After completing and submitting some homework, I got a response. A response that was completely in French. I can't understand shit. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2010 02:37 - United States

Today, I was talking to my best friend about a cute guy that girls are afraid to even speak to, so I then decided to march right up to him and say hello. When he smiled at me, I stood there with my mouth wide open, but I made non-coherent words. He asked me if I was a foreign exchange student. FML

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By thankssiren - 24/05/2014 20:44 - United Kingdom - Sandiacre

Today, my friend started his first day of work with me. I thought it'd be fun, but he's been putting on an obnoxious fake French accent and saying "merde" whenever anything goes wrong. Half the women at the office want his dick, and I'm still as single as ever. FML

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By frenchgirl - 23/11/2009 06:59 - United States

Today, I saw one of my favorite hockey players in public. I had met him once before, and to my shock, he remembered me. I was pretty excited until he started talking to his friend in French. He didn't seem to realize that I'm fluent in the language. He basically called me "ugly psycho bitch." FML

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By KillMeNow - 18/10/2011 16:08 - United Kingdom

Today, on my first day of being a trainee teacher in a classroom, I told a boy to stop using that stupid accent or else I'll give him a detention. Turns out he just moved here from Romania. FML

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By Annette - 11/06/2024 00:00 - Australia

Today, I gave a presentation to a group of international clients. Wanting to impress them, I tried to say "Thank you" in their language, which I thought was Portuguese. Turns out, I was speaking Spanish to a room full of French Canadians. Their confused faces were priceless. FML

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By Joshua Sheldon - 19/09/2015 01:56 - Australia - Adelaide

Today, while working alone, I decided to just try some random impressions, and so I ended up doing a French accent when a customer walked in. To avoid embarrassment, I had to continue faking the accent as he struck up a long conversation with me. FML

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By NoJob - 24/09/2016 06:41 - United Kingdom - Middlesbrough

Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML

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Friday 16 September 2011 8:51

Aww, you'll make friends eventually :D

Freeze_fml 16

Friday 16 September 2011 8:56

Most people will find your accent attractive.

Comments

Kimilita 6

Saturday 17 September 2011 7:00

Isn't there a Montreal in Minnesota ... Or some other state? Maybe he was from there...

dragondude2 7

Saturday 17 September 2011 7:03

Come to Canada, we're nice :D

evedallas 2

Saturday 17 September 2011 7:06

Haha. Quebec french isn't REAL french

hamawi 2

Saturday 17 September 2011 7:57

umm, don't you mean "Parles-tu Francais"?

zombiekitten87 12

Saturday 17 September 2011 8:08

Not all canadiens speak French. I'm sorry, I'm not terribly sympathetic. How hard is it to learn a language with the correct accent? I'm sure a lot of French speaking people would find it amusing if I walked around saying "Par-lez voo frankaize?"

nateym 0

Saturday 17 September 2011 8:12

That's quebecois French. Actually quite different.

love2laughyou 2

Saturday 17 September 2011 9:34

Welcome to the grand ol' US of A. HAHAHAHAHA. It sucks right? Visit the south while you're here. People are much more polite and hospitable down here. And well... Canada sucks too. Its too cold there or something and people are contantly pissed off up there. I lived in Iowa for 3 years, trust me its not going to get any better. They will hate you till you leave, I'm still not why sure they're angry all the time up there. But well welcome to the country I guess.

kelis_fml 0

Saturday 17 September 2011 11:16

Silly americans! French accents are hot!

go_SENS_go_fml 3

Saturday 17 September 2011 11:23

I'm French Canadian and I go to an american/international school and I can tell you guys that there is a huge rivalry between the French Canadians and the French from France... They do not understand our accent at all and make us repeat everything 23589 times!