Who comes first, West Coast or the Western Bulldogs?

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Today we solve the question that has plagued mankind since the introduction of the Weagles into the AFL.

Who should come first in the AFL's alphabetical listing of teams? West Coast or the Western Bulldogs?

There are different varieties, some have West Coast placed before arguing that the "C" in West Coast comes before the "E" in Western Bulldogs.

However, some argue that the "B" in Western Bulldogs comes before the "C" in West Coast, and place the Western Bulldogs first.

I do think we should solve this puzzle, as many people sit in their beds at night, and wonder...
 

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Today we solve the question that has plagued mankind since the introduction of the Weagles into the AFL.
only since 1997 has this been a problem.

Does my head in every night. Well to be honest I sometimes wonder who should come first. Playing ability, well you would have to give it to the eagles. As for alphabetical, im not sure. I would also say West Coast again. 2 from 2 for the eagles.
 

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Well, if you turn to page 263 in your dictionary, you'll find that West Coast is clearly in front of Western Bulldogs.

I hardly think that any more debate on this subject is necessary, I shall expect to see your letter of resignation on my desk by this evening.
 

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i think anyone with a basic knowledge of the english language and its alphabet should be able to clearly note that 'west coast' comes before 'western bulldogs'
 

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Most programs will filter the space between West & Coast as being higher than a, so West Coast will appear first alphabetically.
 

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I sorta thought that way too.

But the idiots at Fox Sports think otherwise.

As the Bulldogs are featured before the West Coast when they go through stuff in alphebitcal.
 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order

Order of the latin alphabet
The order of the characters of the alphabet might be different over the several regions in the world that are using the alphabet with extra characters. The 26 main characters used by most European languages are in the following order:
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z


[edit] Application

The principle behind alphabetical order is that all words in a list beginning with the same letter should be grouped together; within a grouping starting with a single letter, all words beginning with the same two letters shall be grouped together; and so on, maximizing the number of common letters between adjacent words. The ordering principle is applied at the point where the letters differ. For instance, in the sequence:
Astrolabe
Astronomy
Astrophysics
The order of the words is given according to the first letter of the words that is different from the others (shown in bold). Since n follows l in the alphabet, but precedes p, Astronomy comes after Astrolabe, but before Astrophysics.

There has historically been some variation in the application of these rules. For instance, the prefixes Mc and M' in Irish and Scottish surnames were taken to be abbreviations for Mac, and alphabetized as if they were spelled out as Mac in full. Thus one might find in a catalog the sequence:
McKinley
Mackintosh
With McKinley preceding Mackintosh, as if it had been spelled "MacKinley". Since the advent of computer-sorted lists, this type of alphabetization has fallen out of favor.

A continuing variation in alphabetical principles applies to names consisting of two words. In some cases, names with identical first words are all alphabetized together under the first word, e.g., grouping together all names beginning with San, all those beginning with Santa, and those beginning with Santo:
San
San Cristobal
San Juan
San Teodoro
San Tomas
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Santa Clara
Santo Domingo
But in another system, the names are alphabetized as if they had no spaces, e.g. as follows:
San
San Cristobal
San Juan
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Santa Clara
San Teodoro
Santo Domingo
San Tomas

So given the first method it would be
West Coast
Western Bulldogs

since the space at the end of West gives the Eagles precedence

In the second method it would be
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
with the C of Coast giving it precedence over the second E of western


So either way, West Coast should be listed ahead of the Western Bulldogs
 

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West Coast

When determining alphabetical order only the first word comes into it(i.e West vs Western). Because the first four letter are the same the fifth letter is the determining one. Because West only has four letters it comes first.

I am a teacher so I know what I'm talking about.;)
 
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