We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.

Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.

I work in digital all the time, but “digital makes things sound better,” said no one ever.

First, you sort the entries disregarding the acute accent and háček in ďťňľ (but sorting the čšž after the corresponding háčekless letters). Then you do a second pass and put the letters with acute accent and ďťňľ after those accentless.