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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by rsynnott on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:07AM (#37337354)
> Nobody ever referred to him as "von Balthasar," just "Balthasar," but his books were always sorted by the "von."

I'm pretty sure I've seen a by-name sorting scheme that excludes these sorts of prefixes for alphabetisation purposes. Of course, then you have to second guess whether you are using such a sorting system :)

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by TRiG_Ireland on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:31PM (#37342500)
I believe that the von should be included in sorting in some languages and not in others. It's a Dutch/German difference, though I cannot recall which is which.
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