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		wisty on March 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Accept my accept-language > They infer your language from your IP address, and for most cases that IS the right thing to do. If IP and accept-language don't match, why not make a prominent button (in the language they didn't pick) to allow you to quickly change?

pixelcort on March 16, 2014 [–]

This is the best option.

"It looks like you are in Japan, but your computer's language is set to English. Which language would you prefer? [English][日本語]"

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