Facebook

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I admit I love Facebook because I've:

• Found old friends
• Made acquaintances with new people
• Learned of things I might not have run across
• Been amused when say a high school friend becomes friends with some I've friended thru a friend I met on Facebook or know from another country
• Kept up on nice events for people I know
• Learned about problems with friends where I can offer help or at least show someone cares
• Been amused at postings

It's probably me, but I can't figure out how I did it. I turned on my iPad to Facebook and not only was it in a strange language, it took research to discover it was in Turkish. I stayed calm. Changing it back to English required putting it next to my laptop to figure out what was being said. It worked. I didn't need to learn Turkish.

Then last week, Facebook switched to French. That was okay. I'm 95% bilingual.

Yesterday, after returning home to Geneva after a month in Southern France, the iPad Facebook went from French to Pirate English. It was kinda fun casting a bottle instead of making contact and my friends were referred to as scallywags, which in a few cases was realistic.

But shiver me timbers, I decided to go back to regular old English.

Meanwhile I will continue posting things like:

• My photos
• Political thoughts
• Blogs
• Funny stuff
• Literary stuff
• Arty stuff
• Music
• Messages to friends from FB or real life 
• Whatever hits my fancy
• Responses in private or for the world to see

I do not understand why this language happens. Maybe or likely I hit something by accident, but there is a certain sense of fun. Or maybe there's a gremlin in my iPad!

• Ne l'est pas? 
• Es est nicht?
• öyle değil mi'
• Nije le?
• No es que?