my $string = 'ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÇçÈÉÊËèéêëÌÍÎÏìíîïÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøÑñÙÚÛÜùúûüÝÿýÆæÞþÐðß';

print deaccent($string);

sub deaccent{
	my $phrase = shift;
	return $phrase unless ($phrase =~ m/[\xC0-\xFF]/);
	$phrase =~ tr/ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÇçÈÉÊËèéêëÌÍÎÏìíîïÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøÑñÙÚÛÜùúûüÝÿý/AAAAAAaaaaaaCcEEEEeeeeIIIIiiiiOOOOOOooooooNnUUUUuuuuYyy/;
	my %trans = (
	    'Æ' => 'AE',
        'æ' => 'ae',
        'Þ' => 'TH',
        'þ' => 'th',
        'Ð' => 'TH',
        'ð' => 'th',
        'ß' => 'ss'
    );
	$phrase =~ s/([ÆæÞþÐðß])/$trans{$1}/g;
	return $phrase;
}