NearlyHumanize.rb

# NearlyHumanize
# The default Rails Humanize methods always capitalizes strings before returning them,
# even if you explicitly set an inflect.human with some unique capitalization in your initalizers.
# Sometimes you want that, but for the times you don't, here's a new method - nearly_humanize

# You can use this in any place you'd normally use humanize, but if it finds a custom inflection 
# that you've provided in your initializers, it won't capitalize it. Otherwise, it works like the
# original humanize.  
# To use, paste this into an initializer or some other file you have loading at boot

# In case you were wondering, I needed this because I got tired of humanize butchering 'iPhone'
# It's a bit messy and can be cleaned up, but it works pretty well for up-all-night 5AM code

module NearlyHumanize
  def nearly_humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)
       result = lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.dup
       caps = true
       inflections.humans.each do |rule, replacement|
         if result.gsub!(rule, replacement)
            caps = false
            break
         end
       end
       result.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ")
       if caps == true
         result.capitalize!
       end
       return result
  end
end

module ActiveSupport
  module Inflector
      extend NearlyHumanize
  end
end

class ::String
  def nearly_humanize
    ActiveSupport::Inflector.nearly_humanize(self)
  end
end