internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

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

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Affects: Experience Affects: Librarians Lead: @cdrini Priority: 3 Theme: Editing Type: Bug
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Description

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

### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
Screenshot 2022-10-05 at 10 06 32

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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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