[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23907: Scandinavian ligatures transcribed wrong in remove_accents()

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#23907: Scandinavian ligatures transcribed wrong in remove_accents()
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 Reporter:  dnusim        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  I18N          |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by dnusim):

 Yes, these characters are letters in their own right (though they have
 developed as semi-ligatures). Precisely because Å is a letter in it's own
 right, and not simply 'A' with a diacritical mark, it makes more sense to
 transliterate to 'aa' instead of 'a'. The same goes for 'Ø': Since it is a
 character by itself, and not merely an 'O' with a dash through it, it
 should be translitereted properly – that is to 'oe'.

 Correct scandinavian alphabetization would treat 'aa' like 'å', because
 they denote the same letter, so that "Knut Ås" and "Knut Aass" would
 appear next to each other in places like phonebooks. (It is perhaps more
 common in Denmark than in Norway to use old fashioned spelling of names
 with 'aa' in them.)

 English wikipedia has a couple of sections on the subject in
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85#Transcription their article on the
 letter Å].
 Airlines recommend transliterating to 'aa' and 'oe' in
 [http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/12/30/tema/reise/reiseeksperter/forbrukerrettigheter/19494227/
 this article] (norwegian).

 (Norwegian speaking myself, btw.)

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