A good point. Since the data I plan to search contains very few non A-Z a-z 0-9 characters that would need to be searchable, I can just add those characters to the string (like the e with acute é mark)
If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day.
If you teach a man to fish he will buy an ugly hat.
If you talk about fish to a starving man, you're a consultant.