public static function pluralize($word) {
		if (isset(static::$_pluralized[$word])) {
			return static::$_pluralized[$word];
		}
		extract(static::$_plural);

		if (!isset($regexUninflected) || !isset($regexIrregular)) {
			$regexUninflected = static::_enclose(join('|', $uninflected + static::$_uninflected));
			$regexIrregular = static::_enclose(join('|', array_keys($irregular)));
			static::$_plural += compact('regexUninflected', 'regexIrregular');
		}
		if (preg_match('/(' . $regexUninflected . ')$/i', $word, $regs)) {
			return static::$_pluralized[$word] = $word;
		}
		if (preg_match('/(.*)\\b(' . $regexIrregular . ')$/i', $word, $regs)) {
			$plural = substr($word, 0, 1) . substr($irregular[strtolower($regs[2])], 1);
			return static::$_pluralized[$word] = $regs[1] . $plural;
		}
		foreach ($rules as $rule => $replacement) {
			if (preg_match($rule, $word)) {
				return static::$_pluralized[$word] = preg_replace($rule, $replacement, $word);
			}
		}
		return static::$_pluralized[$word] = $word;
	}