By kggggg - 12/08/2010 11:00 - United States

Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
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Quest_ 13

Everyone has an accent.

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callmecourtney 3

Alright, op, let me be the sympathetic one: if an "accent" is all you noticed, chances are that her brother is a high-functioning autistic. Autism varies from person to person. My step-mother works in SPED and gets a lot of autistic students in her classes. Some are high-functioning - I wouldn't have known there was anything different about them right away. Others have autism so severe that they can't make eye-contact or speak. My own step-brother is autistic and falls somewhere between the two. You did nothing offensive, you just felt a little humble afterward. That being said; My little brother and I were born and raised in Texas and he has a Boston accent.

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PimpdaddyCJT 13

that's just horrible

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rockediny 0

haha u fail op, fyl tho

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TheOriginalKyrs 0

people with autism don't have "accents." You failure. There's an obvious difference in the two speech impediments.

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yake12 0

I moderated this one :) and 14 op could have easily mistaken the speech impetiment for an accent... although I don't see the fml because it is an honest mistake

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syddyb 0

#8- is that you in your picture? and it really is an honest mistake, not a YDI. FYL.

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Melaniee_fml 0

woww that's really a fail op. just apologize I'm sure it will be ok, it's not like you were commenting on his actions or intelligence.

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mattman1994 0

it sounds really bad but it was just an honest mistake

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KiddNYC1O 20

I agree 24. don't trip people

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ProBakes 0

how do you feel now OP? idiot...

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Blink182ftw 0

its funny because you put yourself in an awkward position

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Massdebater 1

give her surprise butt secks- that'll shut her up.

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hellokittywhore 0

ohemmgee!!! that's not good D: fyl it's an honest mistake. people always think I'm from Brooklyn or jersey cuz of the way I talk but i just can't pronounce the tur sounds like in yesterday or gesture, I say yestaday and gussure. = my boyfriends loves it but I don't.

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omgimdabest 0

you guys are idiots, some conditions are harder to notice than other...OP made an honest mistake, give him a break!

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noscope_ftw 0

14 fails because an accent isn't a speech impediment

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samantha987 0

awww you couldn't have known, OP

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JohnnySack 0

Who's to say he couldn't have autism and a foreign accent?

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CloudN9N3 0

34 - you look like your ready to take a cumshot to the face to the face, to the face

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Hamsterzilla 0

8 is so hot:D if that's him in his pic. but anyway, op... ur a prick.

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Lingonberry668 0

op means her friend meant he has autism so he's doing that accent for his own entertainment on purpose and dusnt actually have a natural accent, ya ding!!

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zach55 0

that's a hell of an accent :D

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soccerdilan 0

25 lol that's so messed up dude

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2bobbybowdens 0

Neither an accent or autism is a speech impediment. People may have speech impediments inherantly due to autism.

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Norrisv5 8

first I don't see why u would say it laughingly cuz thts not funny and second either u have autism as well not to notice or it's really mild I bet when u found out he had autism your pants were dry and crispy..(I don't know)

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drcnes 4

so says the one wearing a bucket on there head that says John.

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Emily9352 13

#8, you're hot >.>

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xtrawesome 0

an accent isn't a speech impedament

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hellokittywhore 0

opps I ment boyfriend jezze >_>

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pureecstasy 5

86 those snake bites? can't tell on my ipod

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Quest_ 13

Everyone has an accent.

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Fiskerz 0

what happun to yo teef dawg

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xtfauthorx 0

... I don't have one... but I'm a mute so that's prolly why :/

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Quest_ 13

89 if I can ask without sounding rude or stupid, if you are mute, what sort of voice do you hear in your head when you read? I mean, because, I hear my own voice. :P

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Cupcakeshizz 0

vat are you sayin? ;)

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hahafylop 4

Hi had ha H hat hthe hend hof hevery hword

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null_fml 11

Quest_ - I can't really speak for #89, but if I were mute, I would read everything in Morgan Freeman's voice. Actually, sometimes I do that anyway.

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RachaelQ 0

#89 is your name Sara by any chance?

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Fresh4416 0

Omg, thankyou!! You just made reading fun!!

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MattC13 0

This isn't a FML or a YDI. It's a question. If she got offended she's retarded. :U

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TaylorTotsYumm 10

^ Wardrobe malfunction in 5..4..3..2....

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icygubler 0

I'm autistic. if you think that's funny, you've got problems.

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pokri 0

how would she know that op! what's up will all the aggression. op, calm down bitch.

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justsayfuck 5

How come you didn't know that? Must have been BFF'S FOREVAAAH.

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zbennett 0

I like your smile ;)

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YouRuckingFetard 0

And your Screen name lol.

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time4coffee 3

It's a big foot in your mouth but still just an honest mistake. Least you didn't call him a retard or something really obnoxious

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lostfaithinpppl 19

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kitt_en 0

Maybe OP had never heard an autistic person before. It can sound like someone with autism has an accent at times.

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Dayuummm_itsLIA 0

D: ydi for not knowing D: how could you not know between an accentt

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honestlove11 0

ydi for looking like Edward Cullen.

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Raleigh_bruh 7

Ydi for not having eyes.

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littlexlion 4

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!! But she does have eyes if you click the larger version of her picture...

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Raleigh_bruh 7

Uh, yeh. I know this.. But I was mostly going along with the combo, which you just ruined. Thanks. :|

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