| Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | TonyW590 | 7/17/12 6:53 AM | Hello! I am based in the UK but if I login in to my Google account then Google thinks I want to communicate in Polish. I have set my country setting to United Kingdom and my language to English. This occurs when using Chrome or Internet Explorer. I |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | kalle schurtz | 7/17/12 7:41 AM | This is due to the stupidity of the Chrome People, that ASSume they must guess and prejudice a Language on you, based on several Network settings. They try to guess where you are, where you've been, and Ignore the Human aspect sitting in front of the |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | TonyW590 | 7/17/12 7:49 AM | Thanks Kalle! I did as you suggested but the only languages I have showing are English (United Kingdom), English (United States) and English - any one of which I would be happy with! I think you are correct about the guesswork and network settings. I |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | kalle schurtz | 7/17/12 8:40 AM | Just imagine the Horror, when you get to a Greek or Cyrillic Language Hotel, and you fire up Google Chrome. You will be presented with a Page of Gibberish that you cannot even fix, because you don't know what to click on or how to change this.... - W |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | TonyW590 | 7/18/12 6:33 AM | This seems to be something specific to my PC or my Google Account as my wife's PC uses the same broadband connection and always goes to the Google UK page. |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | TonyW590 | 7/18/12 9:47 AM | Settings > Tools > Clear Browsing Data > From The Start Of Time Sorted! |
| Re: Google thinks I live in Poland and I speak Polish! | leoxgeo | 7/18/12 5:38 PM | Well Done :) I've spent at lease 3hours tried everything except that Grrrrrrrrr hate myself ... Thanks Tony |