--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:26.266153402 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:26.270153402 +0200
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             local.append(inwd);
             break ;
         default :
-            local.append(inwd);
+local.substring ( inwd ) ;
         } // now local has working string with initials fixed
 
         int wdsz = local.length();
