Re: [OT] o-circumflex

From: Keld Jørn Simonsen (keld@dkuug.dk)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2001 - 15:55:43 EDT


On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:27:20PM +0200, Stefan Persson wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@dkuug.dk>
> To: "Stefan Persson" <alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se>
> Cc: "Mark Davis" <mark@macchiato.com>; "Michael (michka) Kaplan"
> <michka@trigeminal.com>; "Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@dkuug.dk>;
> <unicode@unicode.org>
> Sent: den 10 september 2001 22:12
> Subject: Re: [OT] o-circumflex
>
>
> > Where is this done for swedish? I have read both the TN and the SIS
> > standard, and I dont believe these say something on sorting
> > ü according to either German or Dutch sounds. Rolf Gavare does not
> > say something along this either, as far as I can remember.
>
> This is the sorting used in dictionnaries, encyclopædias, phone books etc.
> For example, SAOL (Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket) sorts
> "myskoxe/müsli/mysning."

Yes, I can understand that. In Danish we have the same rule.
But do you have examples of Dutch words
that are ordered in another way? That is, you need to know the
origin of the word, to sort it.

Kind regards
keld



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