Add custom inflectors for irregular words
ActiveSupport::Inflector allows you to add custom inflections for words it doesn't know how to pluralize already:
# config/initializers/inflections.rb
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections(:en) do |inflect|
inflect.irregular "evidence", "evidence"
# inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, "\\1en"
# inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, "\\1en"
# inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, "\\1"
# inflect.irregular "person", "people"
# inflect.uncountable %w( fish sheep )
end
This allows us to use evidence as a table name with a model called Evidence
puts "evidence".pluralize
"evidence"