When adding a language to a book, "Old English" is listed before "English"

[seabelis]

When adding a language to a book, "Old English" is listed before "English".

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to ...any book edit page, https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2037466M/Why_Aren't_They_Screaming/edit
2. Do ...type "eng" in the language field

• Actual: English is listed after Old English. This started 10/4. Prior to that English was listed above Old English.
• Expected: English should be listed above Old English when "eng" is entered in the language field.

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@mekarpeles @cdrini @jimchamp

[bibliofilo]

Hi, here's my attempt at addressing this bug. https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/7094

Please let me know if it requires changes, thank you.

[cdrini]

This appears to no longer be the case! Not sure what caused it in the first place

[seabelis]

This issue has resurfaced.