Hello, let’s try out half a dozen ways to unaccent a text string? What’s the fastest way to turn AÄÁaäá EÉeé IÍiíï NÑnñ OÖÓoöó Ssß UÜÚuüú into AAAaaa EEee IIiii NNnn OOOooo Ssss UUUuuu? Let’s benchmark and the winner is… Spoiler: gsub . Can you find a faster way? Show us. Happy data (and text) wrangling with ruby. Cheers. Prost.