--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:42.838041045 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:04:42.838041045 +0200
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@
                 switch(symb) {
                 case 'A' : case 'E' : case 'I' : case 'O' : case 'U' :
                     if (n == 0) { 
-                        code.append(symb);
-                    }
+ 
+code.append(symb); 
+ 
                     break ; // only use vowel if leading char
                 case 'B' :
                     if ( isPreviousChar(local, n, 'M') && 
