Google International!
A gem for polyglots from the May issue of Wired: Perhaps you were aware that Google is available in various international versions for use by speakers of languages other than English? As it turns out, Google is also available in special versions for speakers of Klingon and Pig Latin. (They are nothing if not inclusive.) Sadly, Google’s language tools do not offer translation assistance for Klingon or Pig Latin, so you Klingon speakers are on your own in reading pages written in English.
The curious and/or bored may find it worthwhile to go spend a few minutes putzing around in the “preferences” section, where you can select the interface language. Here you can choose to interface with Google not only in the obvious language options like French and Spanish and the choice options above, but also in widely utilized languages like Esperanto, Hacker, and Bork, Bork, Bork! (I knew all that time watching “The Muppet Show” would pay off eventually.) Beware if you choose to get creative with your interface language, however; I found it easy enough to read Bork, Bork, Bork! (disturbing, I know) but had to randomly change the language from Hacker to Catalan before I could read it well enough to switch it back to English. Hey, I never claimed to be a programmer!
My favorite, though? Pirate, for sure. I be feelin’ lucky, Google!
Oh dang. that is fun. I nearly got stuck in Yiddish but then translated to Pirate and back to Elmer Fudd. Think I’m going to leave it in Pirate for now.