This little script will take a string, compare each char against a list and then replaces that char with the corresponding item in another list.
Now, swankified!
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property thecount : missing value
property theAlphabet : missing value
property theSwankabet : missing value
set theAlphabet to {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"}
set theSwankabet to {"â“", "â“‘", "â“’", "â““", "â“”", "â“•", "â“–", "â“—", "ⓘ", "â“™", "â“š", "â“›", "â“œ", "â“", "â“ž", "â“Ÿ", "â“ ", "â“¡", "â“¢", "â“£", "ⓤ", "â“¥", "ⓦ", "ⓧ", "ⓨ", "â“©"}
set thecount to 1
display dialog "Text to swank:" default answer ""
set theText to the text returned of the result
repeat with t in theAlphabet
set tA to t
set tS to item thecount of theSwankabet
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tA
set theTextItems to text items of theText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tS
set theText to theTextItems as string
set thecount to (thecount + 1)
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
set the clipboard to theText
beep