From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:50:55 -0500, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
      
   > On 1/17/26 17:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:15:22 -0500, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Yes, there are international standards. But when someone put a   
   >>> bunch of names in a spreadsheet and asked to have it sorted, it   
   >>> would blithely ignore those standards, and sort 'ch' as 'c'   
   >>> followed by 'h'.   
   >>   
   >> That depends on your spreadsheet. The natural order (to humans,   
   >> anyway) is commonly called “phonebook” order.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >   
   > This assumes there is a single, natural order.   
      
   Precisely what it doesn’t assume. That’s why the software in question   
   gives you the option of different sort orders.   
      
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