From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 18 Jan 2026 12:18:42 GMT, Bernard Peek wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-18, Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 1/17/26 17:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> The natural order (to humans, anyway) is commonly called   
   >>> “phonebook” order.   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >> This assumes there is a single, natural order.   
   >   
   > No, it assumes that the user knows what the standard order is.   
      
   Is there some assumption that I meant there could only be one   
   “phonebook” order? Obviously phonebooks in different countries/regions   
   use whatever the local order is, that the residents of that   
   country/region are used to. That’s why I said “natural order”.   
      
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