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> Do Japanese users actually expect names to be sorted phonetically? Yes - or that's how a human would sort them, at any rate.
by fenomas 8y ago
> Do Japanese users actually expect names to be sorted phonetically?
Yes - or that's how a human would sort them, at any rate.
- trw999 8y agoI don't think you're in a position to speak for all of humanity.
- fenomas 8y agoI meant a human as opposed to an algorithm. Point being: kanji words aren't always sorted phonetically, for the reasons described in the article, so a user may not be surprised if they aren't. But when a human is sorting kanji words they do so phonetically by reading.
- radicsge 8y agoThink about numbers, it is not sorted phonetically, Even the alphabet is not. All those languages that use alphabet sort in exactly the same order regardless the pronunciation.