> At 19.34 -0700 98-09-14, Brendan_Murray/DUB/[email protected] wrote:
> >I'm receiving conflicting requirements for these characters, as well as
> >confusing information about collating borrowed words containing A/O/U with
> >diaresis (umlaut). My understanding is that the correct sort sequence is:
> > A, B, C, .... X, Y, Z, AE/�, OE/�, AA/�
A short note on Danish, in addition to what I wrote earlier:
AE and � are not equivalent, and OE and � are not equivalent.
AA and � is equivalent. An exampla: sukkerroer and sukkerr�r
The first is some kind of greenery (sugar beet) that we can grow in
Denmark, the latter is also what they make Rhum of on Cuba (sugar canes)
> Note that swedish sorting normally is:
>
> A, B, C, D, �/E, ... , V/W, X, Y, Z, �, �, �
>
> Note the different order for the three last characters, and that 'V' and
> 'W' "normally" is sorted together. Sometimes though, 'V' and 'W' is sorted
> differently. I guess (should I know as a swede? ;-) the difference might
> have to do with the question _what_ you are sorting. Just words, or names?
There are two standards in Sweden - to my knowledge, a Swedish standard,
From the Swedish Institute of Standardization (member of ISO)
where W and V are different, and a Teknisk Norm from Statskontoret
(IT department for the Swedish state) wher W and V sorts together.
keld
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