Index: src/lib/control/typeahead/normalizer/TypeaheadNormalizer.js
===================================================================
--- src/lib/control/typeahead/normalizer/TypeaheadNormalizer.js
+++ src/lib/control/typeahead/normalizer/TypeaheadNormalizer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
      */
     normalize : function(str) {
       return ('' + str)
-        .toLocaleLowerCase()
+        .toLowerCase()
         .replace(/[\.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g, '')
         .replace(/ +/g, ' ')
         .replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '');
Index: src/lib/control/typeahead/source/TypeaheadSource.js
===================================================================
--- src/lib/control/typeahead/source/TypeaheadSource.js
+++ src/lib/control/typeahead/source/TypeaheadSource.js
@@ -286,10 +286,15 @@
         objs.push(this._raw[hits[ii]]);
       }
 
-       var default_comparator = function(u, v) {
-         var key_u = u.sort || u.name;
-         var key_v = v.sort || v.name;
-         return key_u.localeCompare(key_v);
+      var default_comparator = function(u, v) {
+        var key_u = u.sort || u.name;
+        var key_v = v.sort || v.name;
+        if (key_u < key_v) {
+          return -1;
+        } else if (key_u > key_v) {
+          return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
       };
 
       var handler = this.getSortHandler() || function(value, list, cmp) {