sub fold_sort { my ( $x, $y ) = ( $a, $b ); for ( $x, $y ) { tr/A-Z/a-z/; tr/ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäå/a/; tr/ÈÉÊËèéêë/e/; tr/ÌÍÎÏìíîï/i/; tr/ÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöø/o/; tr/ÙÚÛÜùúûü/u/; tr/ÇçÑñÝýÿ/ccnnyyy/; s/ß/ss/g; } $x cmp $y; }