--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:19.994153217 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:19.998153218 +0200
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
                 break ;
             }
             if (inwd[1] == 'H') {
-                local.append(inwd, 1, inwd.length - 1);
+local.append ( inwd, wdsz, inwd.length - wdsz ) ;
                 local.setCharAt(0, 'W'); // WH -> W
             } else {
                 local.append(inwd);
