[linux] Can not get rid of Arabic

Hi all, first post here.
I'm sending a computer to Sri Lanka for some kids so I installed Sinhalese
since they do not know English yet. I got it working fine for three of the
accounts but the account I used to install it in shows Arabic for some things.
The machine is running Ubuntu 9.10 with the KDE 4.3 desktop.
For example, the menu entry for Kapote is in Arabic and the System Settings
are in Sinhalese. When i open the System Settings and go to set the
languages, the tabs are all in Arabic. I un-installed the Arabic language
pack, renamed the .kde folder and rebooted - Arabic was still there. I
changed the order of what language to display, I removed both British and
American English so Sinhala is the only language. Still Arabic is there. I
ran out of things to try after I found nothing on this in google.
Did anybody else have this problem or does anyone know what file I need to
edit to purge Arabic from the system? I can delete the user and then recreate
her, but I did a lot of customization and figured I would ask here first.

Alan