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Posted by Andy Brown on 24 September 2012
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Facebook Translation
Did you know just how many languages Facebook supports?
Bored of Facebook? Time to change!
Some of the Languages Available
One obvious Facebook language to choose is Pirate Speak:
Look for friends becomes Scour for mateys ... you get the idea.
For the linguistically gifted, there's a disappointingly incomplete lingua latina:
What's photo in Latin? Facebook don't know either! I quite like the Domesticus home page, though.
For sheer pointlessness, though, it's hard to beat upside-down English:
Upside-down English is ... upside-down!
How to Change Language
To choose a different Facebook language, start by clicking on English (UK) - or whatever your default language happens to be:
At the bottom right of the Facebook page, usually (mine is just underneath my all-too-short list of friends) is this language button.
You can then choose (say) English (Pirate) or English (Upside Down):
There are some odd languages listed besides these two.
If you liked that, you might like to play about with Google too ...