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#245483 6-Feb-2019 14:27
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Happened from one day to another.
I've got my language settings set as English (New Zealand).


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  #2173983 6-Feb-2019 14:33
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Hit the hamburger menu in the top left of the Google page. Hit settings. Are any of those languages set to Māori?




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  #2173984 6-Feb-2019 14:38
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No, definitely not set to Maori.

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  #2173987 6-Feb-2019 14:42
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Is that settings for the browser language, or just the Google page settings? Which browser (looks like Chrome to me)?




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  #2173988 6-Feb-2019 14:43
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Look at the Google page settings, not the browser settings.




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  #2173989 6-Feb-2019 14:50
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You can set the language here:

 

 

https://www.google.com/preferences#languages

 

 

I'm convinced this is some sort of elaborate A-B testing that Google does periodically...

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  #2174004 6-Feb-2019 15:18
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Fabulous. That worked.
Much appreciated.

I just noticed that you can choose Elmer Fudd as a language, haha

 
 
 
 

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  #2174045 6-Feb-2019 16:11
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It also may have defaulted to Māori being that it's Waitangi Day today?

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  #2174046 6-Feb-2019 16:18
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It's been on Maori for a couple of weeks

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  #2174106 6-Feb-2019 18:37
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Kua whakaritea taku google ki te reo Ingarihi, me pehea e taea ai e au te huri ki te reo laughing

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  #2174109 6-Feb-2019 18:50
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  #2174112 6-Feb-2019 18:57
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  #2174158 6-Feb-2019 21:14
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SirHumphreyAppleby:

 

 

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#2174160 6-Feb-2019 21:19
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I propose the Maori name for this site be 'geekz tahi'

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  #2174163 6-Feb-2019 21:52
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Chur

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