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firefox thinks im french

Hey,
i have firefox 3.5.2 and when i go to some websites like facebook or histats they think im french and they change the text to french

is there some setting i can change so it knows im english

note its not ip dependent because it happens from multiple ips at different c classes (in america)

nschessnerd
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Try going to Tools(in Firefox) > Options> Content tab; At the bottom you should see Languages, click on the 'Choose' button and select French and Remove.

Laser
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theres only english and english-us

nschessnerd
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just in case, check at below site and see your language tag.
http://www.useragentstring.com/

Point Red
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it says english

nschessnerd
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I'm not sure why you get french lang page...
You might try to clear(delete) the cookies, and visit to facebook again.

Point Red
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that worked
thanks

nschessnerd
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Great. I'm glad you solved this issue. :)

Point Red
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This question has already been solved

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