Re: [OT] o-circumflex

[Keld J�rn Simonsen]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 11:09:28AM +0200, Marco Cimarosti wrote:
> Asmus Freytag wrote:
> > But if you do this, all compound words starting with "data" 
> > and continuing 
> > with another word starting with "a" will be sorted incorrectly!
> > 
> > To achieve this effect, you would have to mark which AAs are 
> > A-Rings and which ones are accidental adjacencies. In Danish
> > one can use the SHY (soft hyphen) [...]
> 
> Real-life sort orders often ignore these subtleties and are often based on a
> small set of rules which is applied blindly, regardless of the origin,
> meaning, or pronunciation of headwords.
> 

Real-life sorts, like MS Windows sorting or Linux sorting, actually adheres
to these Danish rules, once you have set up your machine for Danish.

Kind regards
Keld