The entire forums are in German.. I've tried clearing by cookies and saved files and I have set my language to English in my preferences but it isn't helping.. For now I'm using he built in translate feature of Chrome but it messes up some words

Maybe check the URL you are using? I don't see a language option in my URL, but perhaps you are using a shortcut with lang=DE or something similar, overriding the default preferences.

Upper right, click on Control Center and then on the left, click on Forum Settings.

I fixed it by logging in on my phone nd changing the settings from there. I assume chrome was messing up the send button so that it wasn't sending the firm correctly..