+new version of Locale::gettext fixed it. --Ethan
+
+> I suppose I should document it needing a new enough version. Or find a
+> way to use the non-OO version while still getting proper UTF-8 strings,
+> which is why I began to use the OO version in the first place..
+>
+> Looks like the OO interface was added in version 1.04 --[[Joey]]