diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b1a742..72f1a51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Stringy
 
-A PHP library with a variety of multibyte string manipulation functions.
+A PHP library with a variety of multibyte string manipulation functions. Inspired by underscore.string.js.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -133,15 +133,39 @@ S::titleize('i like to watch DVDs at home', 'UTF-8', $ignore);
 // 'I Like to Watch DVDs at Home'
 ```
 
+**humanize**
+
+S::humanize($string [, $encoding])
+
+Capitalizes the first word of a string, replaces underscores with spaces,
+and strips '_id'.
+
+```php
+S::humanize('author_id');  // 'Author'
+```
+
+**tidy**
+
+S::tidy($string)
+
+Replaces smart quotes, ellipsis characters, and dashes from Windows-1252
+(and commonly used in Word documents) with their ASCII equivalents.
+
+```php
+S::tidy('“I see…”');  // '"I see..."'
+```
+
 ## TODO
 
-**sentence**
+**clean**
+
+**standardize**
 
 **center**
 
-**endsWith**
+**startsWith**
 
-**beginsWith**
+**endsWith**
 
 **toSpaces**
 
@@ -149,19 +173,19 @@ S::titleize('i like to watch DVDs at home', 'UTF-8', $ignore);
 
 **slugify**
 
-**contains**
+**toAnchor**
 
-**clean**
+**contains**
 
 **between**
 
 **insert**
 
-**nextChar**
+**replace**
 
-**truncateByChars**
+**truncateChars**
 
-**truncateByWords**
+**truncateWords**
 
 **longestCommonPrefix**
 
@@ -169,8 +193,6 @@ S::titleize('i like to watch DVDs at home', 'UTF-8', $ignore);
 
 **isJson**
 
-**toAnchor**
-
 ## Tests
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/danielstjules/Stringy.png)](https://travis-ci.org/danielstjules/Stringy)
diff --git a/src/Stringy/Stringy.php b/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
index 1353102..c1460b5 100644
--- a/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
+++ b/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
@@ -189,6 +189,38 @@ class Stringy {
 
         return $titleized;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Capitalizes the first word of a string, replaces underscores with spaces,
+     * and strips '_id'.
+     *
+     * @param   string  $string    String to humanize
+     * @param   string  $encoding  The character encoding
+     * @return  string  A humanized string
+     */
+    private static function humanize($string, $encoding) {
+        $humanized = mb_ereg_replace('_id', '', $string);
+        $humanized = mb_ereg_replace('_', ' ', $humanized);
+
+        return self::upperCaseFirst(trim($humanized), $encoding);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Replaces smart quotes, ellipsis characters, and dashes from Windows-1252
+     * (and commonly used in Word documents) with their ASCII equivalents.
+     *
+     * @param   string  $string    String to remove special chars
+     * @param   string  $encoding  The character encoding
+     * @return  string  String with those characters removed
+     */
+    private static function tidy($string) {
+        $tidied = preg_replace('/\x{2026}/u', '...', $string);
+        $tidied = preg_replace('/[\x{201C}\x{201D}]/u', '"', $tidied);
+        $tidied = preg_replace('/[\x{2018}\x{2019}]/u', "'", $tidied);
+        $tidied = preg_replace('/[\x{2013}\x{2014}]/u', '-', $tidied);
+
+        return $tidied;
+    }
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php b/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
index 0217421..21715c2 100644
--- a/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
@@ -210,6 +210,43 @@ class StringyTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         return $testData;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringsForHumanize
+     */
+    public function testHumanize($string, $expected, $encoding = null) {
+        $result = S::humanize($string, $encoding);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function stringsForHumanize() {
+        $testData = array(
+            array('author_id', 'Author'),
+            array(' _test_user_', 'Test user'),
+            array(' συγγραφέας_id ', 'Συγγραφέας', 'UTF-8')
+        );
+
+        return $testData;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringsForTidy
+     */
+    public function testTidy($string, $expected) {
+        $result = S::tidy($string);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function stringsForTidy() {
+        $testData = array(
+            array('“I see…”', '"I see..."'),
+            array("‘This too’", "'This too'"),
+            array('test—dash', 'test-dash'),
+            array('Ο συγγραφέας είπε…', 'Ο συγγραφέας είπε...')
+        );
+
+        return $testData;
+    }
+
 }
 
 ?>