Rick,
I tried you suggestion, same problem....
I then uncommented out your test and this is what displayed:
DEBUG: w3t_language is: english, Cookie is: , lang[THIS_FILE] is e
Fatal error: Failed opening required 'languages/e/ubbthreads.php' (include_path='') in /var/www/html/www/ubb_threads/ubbthreads.php on line 27
Do you think I should just hard code the correct path everywhere, for english.
Jamie