Posted March 07, 2017
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Wishbone
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From Denmark
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Barefoot_Monkey
invertEd
Registered: Sep 2008
From South Africa
Posted March 07, 2017
My preferred approach is to have a hidden "sorting name" and a visible "display name", with the latter having the "The" in front where it belongs.
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Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted March 07, 2017
Post edited March 07, 2017 by Maighstir
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Sarisio
Cute User
Registered: Jul 2012
From Russian Federation
Posted March 07, 2017
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Proof:
https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/alpha/27-0
Also it has "11th Hour, The" and it has some games starting from "The" though I never heard about those: https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/alpha/20-t?page=6).
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HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 07, 2017
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Post edited March 07, 2017 by HunchBluntley
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Wishbone
Red herring
Registered: Oct 2008
From Denmark
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Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted March 08, 2017
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The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
Post edited March 08, 2017 by Maighstir
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HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 08, 2017
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The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
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Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted March 08, 2017
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The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
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EDIT: Also, don't forget the nose!
Post edited March 08, 2017 by Maighstir
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thomq
New User
Registered: Jan 2014
From United States
Posted March 08, 2017
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I remember iTunes having a settable sort field like that for title, artist, album, and so forth in the Info dialog about an item. The information can be kept unedited (thereby accurate) and viewed as it is meant to be without having to visually decrypt it, and the sort field can be anything or nothing.
There was a band named "The The" long ago. Using the approach of twisting the article around would have made it "The, The". Insist on doing that anyway or make an exception?
What if there was a game named "An A"? Perhaps themed around getting grades in school or some such? If ever there was then you'd get "A, An" if rearranging it. Do nothing special, then no exceptions need be made. Everything stays accurate.
Post edited March 08, 2017 by thomq
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HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 08, 2017
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PixelBoy
New Loser
Registered: Jun 2009
From Finland
Posted March 09, 2017
Problem with articles and ordering is always amusing, the.
Fortunately all the nice languages (Finnish, Japanese, etc.) don't even have those.
Of course in the true gaming spirit the listing should be "7th Guest, teh", "11th hour, teh" and so on.
Fortunately all the nice languages (Finnish, Japanese, etc.) don't even have those.
Of course in the true gaming spirit the listing should be "7th Guest, teh", "11th hour, teh" and so on.
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DieRuhe
my glasses are dirty
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted March 09, 2017
For some reason I have the urge to listen to The The.
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Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted March 09, 2017
An "A" would be a game for learning the alphabet and simple words, and the next stage would be The "The" for learning grammar.
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thomq
New User
Registered: Jan 2014
From United States
Posted March 09, 2017
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I would expect a game named The The would be about reordering titles, perhaps with each level having a different set of rules to apply to long lists of ordinary titles, titles with colons and commas, and other variations. Kind of like the way there are several guidelines for formatting bibliographical information. Perhaps each level would display a basic set of rules at the beginning, and maybe randomize the rules for each play through.