I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one about languages yet (except one honorable mention that comes close). So, here’s my attempt to list all the misconceptions and prejudices I’ve come across in the course of my long and illustrious career in software localisation and language technology. Enjoy – and send me your own ones!
“All languages (that use the Latin alphabet) have the same alphabetical sorting order.” oh this one is very unexpected to me. Does someone know an example? I’m curious
Many examples are listed on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order#Language-specific_conventions
In German Ä comes after A, in Swedish Ä comes after Z