--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:15.890153095 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:15.894153096 +0200
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             break;
         case 'A': /* looking for AE */
             if (inwd[1] == 'E') {
-                local.append(inwd, 1, inwd.length - 1);
+local.append ( inwd.length, 1, inwd - 1 ) ;
             } else {
                 local.append(inwd);
             }
