Perfect solution to the whole metafilter language debacle has been provided by Phil over at gyford.com with this perfect quote:
“Love the filtered language/location idea, but I’d hate to program it myself 🙂 One simpler solution would be for all the English-speakers TO TYPE VERY LOUDLY, CLEARLY AND S.L.O.W.L.Y. That should help. (It’s a *joke* dammit.)