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   Evelyn C. Leeper to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: AKICIF: Capitalizing Book Titles   
   18 Jan 26 08:35:29   
   
   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/17/26 22:20, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Precisely what it doesn't assume. That's why the software in question   
   >> gives you the option of different sort orders.   
   >   
   > Which OS/360 did in spades.... there were plenty of options on the SORT   
   > card, although all English-specific... including telephone book order.   
   > Nothing handling digraphs like AE but there was a thing for numbers to be   
   > put into spelled-out order.   
      
   And digraphs are where we came in.   
      
      
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