# File lafcadio/util.rb, line 131
                def self.plural(singular)
                        consonantYPattern = Regexp.new("([^aeiou])y$", Regexp::IGNORECASE)
                        if singular =~ consonantYPattern
                                singular.gsub consonantYPattern, '\1ies'
                        elsif singular =~ /[xs]$/
                                singular + "es"
                        else
                                singular + "s"
                        end
                end