I need Firefox to NOT speak Greek to me just because I am in Greece!

I am on holiday in Greece, and Firefox seems to have decided everything I search for, the results should be in Greek instead of English. I have tried re-starting in Safe mode with everything disabled but that didn't work. Is this a Google issue, or a Firefox issue, anyone know? And if Google, how do I tell them I'm English?? It's hard to find a solution when everything appears in Greek. LOL!

Also double-check your language settings in Firefox.
* [[Options window - Content panel]]
''screencraft wrote:''
Clearly I have a cookie somewhere that's overriding something.
Try going to www.google.gr and clicking the ''Google.com in English'' link in the lower right corner. If even that won't stick, you can bookmark that link and use it when you want to search.
If you prefer using the Firefox search bar, you can install a Google search plugin for another country.
* [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=google+uk+web mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=google+uk+web]
If all else fails, you can search using StartPage, which provides results from Google.
* https://startpage.com/

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