----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars Marius Garshol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Unicoders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: den 21 januari 2002 15:16 Subject: Re: Norwegian sorting
> I doubt that there is an official standard for this, but I would > expect to find � sorted with Y, given that Norwegian Y is pronounced > just like Swedish/German/Dutch �. Many reference works sort V and W > together, for example, according to the same principle. Swedish: "�" only used in German loan words. German: "�" pronunciated as a Swedish "y." Dutch: "�" pronunciated completely different. In Swedish we sort the German "�" as "y," and the Dutch "�" as "u." > | b) Can someone offers some example words that demonstrate words with > | u-umlaut sorting appropriately? > > I can't think of a Scandinavian word with "�" in it, actually. You'd > have to look at an encyclopedia or atlas to find appropriate examples. The only Swedish word containing "�" that I can think of, is "m�sli," which is a German loan word. The "�" is sorted as "y" in all dictionnaries. The "�" is also pronunciated as "y." Stefan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
