Shamelessly copied from the Wikipedia article on collation:
Alphabetical sorting of numbers When numbers are used as names, rather than for their numerical properties, it is common to sort them alphabetically as they would be spelled. For example, the movie 1776 would be between Seve Ballesteros and Severus Snape. _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://74bmw.livejournal.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Timko To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 13:31 Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Kevin and Tom's Year End Top 10s ... Since it's "30 Rock" and not "Thirty Rock," shouldn't "30 Rock" be listed first? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
