diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index f7a7d35d55..856b20796f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -935,20 +935,20 @@ RString ThemeManager::GetString( const RString &sClassName, const RString &sValu
 
 	if( m_bPseudoLocalilze )
 	{
-		s.Replace( "a", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "A", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "e", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "E", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "i", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "I", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "o", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "O", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "u", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "U", "��" );
-		s.Replace( "n", "�" );
-		s.Replace( "N", "�" );
-		s.Replace( "c", "�" );
-		s.Replace( "C", "�" );
+		s.Replace( "a", "àá" );
+		s.Replace( "A", "ÀÀ" );
+		s.Replace( "e", "éé" );
+		s.Replace( "E", "ÉÉ" );
+		s.Replace( "i", "íí" );
+		s.Replace( "I", "ÍÍ" );
+		s.Replace( "o", "óó" );
+		s.Replace( "O", "ÓÓ" );
+		s.Replace( "u", "üü" );
+		s.Replace( "U", "ÜÜ" );
+		s.Replace( "n", "ñ" );
+		s.Replace( "N", "Ñ" );
+		s.Replace( "c", "ç" );
+		s.Replace( "C", "Ç" );
 		// transformations that helpexpose punctuation assumptions
 		s.Replace( ":", " :" );
 		s.Replace( "?", " ?" );