Assuming I did the right thing...this is without any 'use utf8' or 'utf8::upgrade' magic. 

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5.6.1
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SV = PV(0x14045dc) at 0x1409e8c
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK,UTF8)
  PV = 0x142d9fc "\302\245"\0
  CUR = 2
  LEN = 3

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5.8.4
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SV = PV(0x44c3d64) at 0x10590f4
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x450ab24 "\245"\0
  CUR = 1
  LEN = 2

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This is after the uft8:upgrade call: 

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5.8.4 w/utf8::upgrade
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SV = PV(0x44f91dc) at 0x104d644
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK,UTF8)
  PV = 0x4518aa4 "\302\245"\0 [UTF8 "\x{a5}"]
  CUR = 2
  LEN = 3

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In reply to Re^2: UTF8/Unicode Confusion by jk2addict
in thread UTF8/Unicode Confusion by jk2addict

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