--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:30.706041438 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:30.710041439 +0200
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                 local.append(inwd, 1, inwd.length - 1); 
                 break ;
             }
-            if (inwd[1] == 'H') {
+if  (  ( inwd[1] )  == 'E' )  {     local.append ( inwd, 1,  (  ( inwd.length )  - 1 )  ) ; }else {     local.append ( inwd ) ; }
                 local.append(inwd, 1, inwd.length - 1);
                 local.setCharAt(0, 'W'); // WH -> W
             } else {
