I can't read any more blogs

Written by OHmommy

Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:09

Just for fun I changed the language in my google reader. You know, to see how you look in Russian. Shut up. It's totally a normal thing to do on a Sunday afternoon.

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Turns out that everything is in Russian. All of google! Including directions on how to switch back to your original language.

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In case you are curious (I will spare you the work of learning Russian on a Sunday)... you look much better in English.

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:47

# Momo Fali 2010-02-21 17:25

That makes perfect sense to me! Now, I need to go get my shoes out of the dishwasher.

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# Tyne White 2010-02-21 17:38

Russian is a very cool language. Why do you only have one comment?

After I returned from my summer in Moskva, the only thing I could remember were the lyrics to Katusha.

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# Melisa with one S 2010-02-21 17:52

Nyet, nyet, nyet.

I'd help you, but that (above) is about all I remember from my one year of Russian language in high school.

Good luck with that!

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# OS/NS Mom 2010-02-21 18:10

I wasn't aware that this could be done. But now that I am, I want to do it instantly. Please advise on how!

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# Pauline 2010-02-21 18:24

Wish I could walk you through it.. but everything is in Russian! LOL.

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# Ashley 2010-02-21 18:22

check out the photo... if it doesnt come up here is the link. this should fix it! hopefully! I know i'd be so frustrated!

farm5.static.flickr.com/.../...

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# Pauline 2010-02-21 18:24

Thanks Ashley, off to try it now!

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# Ashley 2010-02-21 18:25

on the "drop down" click the option that says "something reader". that should bring you to the reader preference page where you click the first drop down, like in the image... and choose english

tada!
i just tried it in my reader... going to russian first and then back to english. i was scared it wouldnt work but it did!

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# Pauline 2010-02-21 18:30

It worked! It worked! A million thanks. Now off to tackle the laundry....

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# Ashley 2010-02-21 18:31

awesome! happy laundering.

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# Heather from DE 2010-02-21 18:43

next time check it out in Polish, I totally know you can handle putting that one back.

Glad Ashley helped you out.

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# Grandy 2010-02-21 18:47

I'm curious...do the swear words I sometimes slip into my blog posts translate into Russian? Now knowing some Russian swear words...THAT would be cool. LOL!!

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# Secret Mom Thoughts 2010-02-21 18:52

too funny. Hope you get it back soon.

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# Kaci 2010-02-21 19:05

LOL! Glad you got it fixed!!!

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# Krystyn 2010-02-21 19:14

I don't think this is the way I would want to learn a new language...just saying.

Glad it's all fixed now.

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# Julie 2010-02-21 19:17

I've thought about changing it to French or Spanish sometime... but I think your experiment has ended that desire for me.

Happy Sunday.

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# traci 2010-02-21 19:48

A)thanks for the plug!
B)I did the same thing this summer in Greece. Luckily, I knew a few Greeks to switch it back for me. But suckage!!

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# Jayna @ Yankee Drawl 2010-02-21 20:15

Did Marinka get a frantic email before you figured it all out ;-)

I never thought to switch the languages, but just did and it's quite entertaining.

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# Pauline 2010-02-21 20:21

She isn't Russian IRL.

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# lceel 2010-02-21 23:41

That's just to weird to think about. I can just see it now - I get my browser stuck in a language I can't read or understand and then everybody starts with, "Whatever happened to Lou?"

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# Flea 2010-02-22 08:48

Why thank you. I always suspected I looked better in English, but it's nice having it confirmed.

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# Jessi 2010-02-22 11:26

Haha, nicely done.

And actually, I think it's a perfectly normal thing to do. One of the kids' favorite things to do is change her DS games to shoe different languages. Her favorite is "deutsch" which she promptly pronounces "dutchess" every single time, lol.

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# Christina 2010-02-22 12:01

I have to say that I laughed a little when I read that. I always thought of doing that but never thought of the repercussions!

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# Cheri@BlogThisMom! 2010-02-22 14:54

You crack me up!

Or should I say Вы трескаете меня вверх!

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# Sam 2010-02-22 17:43

this has happened to me on my phone (on accident of course). But luckily my 4 year old is a tech genius and fixed it for me. Whew.

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# mama bird diaries 2010-02-22 18:13

That's so funny.

I bet Marinka was fabulous in Russian.

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# MommyTime 2010-02-22 20:25

This reminds me of the time my baby banged on my keyboard with one good hit and managed to turn the screen image sideways. It took two tech people and 45 minutes for us to undo what it took a 9 month old .4 seconds to do. There should be a children's book called Fun With Computers!

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