Wrong Language under Apple Menu

After a crash, the system came up in a very odd state. All entries under the "Apple" menu are in a non-English language. I went over the preferences->international and unchecked everything but English, no dice. If something other than English is checked, it shows up under the Apple menu. If only English is checked the Apple menu is in a language I don't recognize (probably Norwegian or Danish, from the letters). In the Finder the "Window" menu is likewise remapped to another language, along with the Apple menu, but none of the other menus.
To be crystal clear, I've already gone to the international preferences and selected "English" and unchecked everything except English, and logged in and out, and I'm still getting something that isn't English under the Apple menu, and the "Window" menu when in Finder.
The "Om denne Mac" menu item under Apple brings up the usual About this Mac window, in English.
Any thoughts on what to look for or fix?

Hi
If you are familiar with the interface and as long as its not a language that uses Kanji characters, you should be able to create another Admin Account. Log out and log in with that. Does the problem go away? If it does follow this procedure:
Log back in to the primary account and navigate to Users/Home/Library. Move the Preferences folder (not copy) to the Desktop. Restart your mac and hold down the shift key. This will take some time so be patient. Eventually you should see the log in Window with 'Safe Boot' or 'Safe Mode' listed in Red. Log in. Empty the Trash. Select the Utilities folder from the Go Menu. Launch Disk Utility and repair privileges and permissions as well as verifying the disk. If it all checks out OK restart the Mac. On successful log in navigate to the removed Preferences folder on your desktop. Find the com.apple.dock.plist file. Select it and copy it using Command+C. Now navigate to /Users/Home/Library. In there you should see the newly created Preferences folder, open it and paste using Command+V. You'll be prompted to overwrite an newer existing com.apple.dock.plist. Say yes to this. Restart the mac. On successful login you should see the dock return to its previous state. If you use Apple Mail, again open the moved Preferences folder on your Desktop. Find the com.apple.mail.plist. Select it and copy it using Command+V. Navigate to the newly created Preferences folder in /Users/Home/Libary. Open the folder, paste using Command+V. Now when you launch Apple Mail all your accounts settings will be re-instated. You may be prompted for the mail account password. Have that handy just in case.
If none of this alleviates the problem for for an archive and install and preserve Network Users and Settings. You will have to use the installer disk to do this.
Tony

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