[jQuery] tablesorter plugin help -- getting it to ignore quotation marks

[jQuery] tablesorter plugin help -- getting it to ignore quotation marks


I'm using the tablesorter plugin, and have run into a small issue I
can't figure out how to solve:
One of the columns in my table contains titles, some of which are
books, others of which are articles or television episodes. The latter
two start with a double quote (“)...
So, for example, one cell in the column might be:
<td><em>Title of Book</em></td>
while another would be:
<td>&#8220;Title of Article&#8221;</td>
Tablesorter seems to be factoring these starting double quotes into
the sort order for that column, so I end up with a list that is titles
without quotes alphabetically first, and then titles with quotes
alphabetically second.
Is there any way I can get it to ignore the double quote, so that
sorting on the column always goes by the first actual letter of the
text?
Thanks a bunch for any help.