People's names

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm> (RS) wrote:

>RS> It's the same here in Belgium. Except that our Van is with a capital V in
>RS> most cases; if it's a lower v it either indicates nobility or a Dutch name.

>RS> I don't see it as a problem. I prefer having Van Straeten and Van Stralen
>RS> next to each other than having them mixed up with names without Van like
>RS> this:
>RS> Straeten, Van
>RS> Straetmans
>RS> Stralen, Van

In Holland it is sorted without the 'van' 'de' etc.
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Piet van Oostrum <piet at cs.uu.nl>
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