Possible to ignore some words prior to A-Z sorting? Example: 'The' / 'An'

Created on 8 November 2021, about 3 years ago
Updated 9 November 2024, about 2 months ago

Problem/Motivation

I'm looking for a way to ignore common articles in the English language for sorting.
Is it possible to ignore some words prior to A-Z sorting? Example: 'The' / 'An'

Referencing this page:
https://underappreciatedrock.org/taxonomy/term/23?f%5B0%5D=glossary_az_s...

*please see image attached

In the English language 'The' is an article type of word and should not be used in alphabetical ordering of entities. Please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order#The_and_other_common_words

The and other common words[edit]
If a phrase begins with a very common word (such as "the", "a" or "an", called articles in grammar), that word is sometimes ignored or moved to the end of the phrase, but this is not always the case. For example, the book "The Shining" might be treated as "Shining", or "Shining, The" and therefore before the book title "Summer of Sam", although it may also be treated as simply "The Shining" and after "Summer of Sam". Similarly, "A Wrinkle in Time" might be treated as "Wrinkle in Time", "Wrinkle in Time, A", or "A Wrinkle in Time". All three alphabetization methods are fairly easy to create by algorithm, but many programs rely instead on simple lexicographic ordering.

Steps to reproduce

Having an entity to be sorted that is named "The Beatles", but I wish to have the entity listed under the 'B' sorting rather than the 'T' sorting.
It would be listed as follows:

Bangles
Beatles (The)
Bengals

or

Bangles
The Beatles
Bengals

✨ Feature request
Status

Active

Version

4.0

Component

User interface

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States magneticarrow

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