Am 2000-06-16 um 18:20 h hat rampshot@usa.net geschrieben: > Treat Ä (A-umlaut) as a separate letter, between A and B. That would put "Ärger" (="trouble") and its consorts into a place where no German ever would look for them. (Of course, you are free to sort your data in any way convenient to you -- as said before, the ordering rules must adapt to the prospective reader.) Best wishes, Otto Stolz