--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:31:07.786156067 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:31:07.790156067 +0200
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@
                     }
                     if (!isLastChar(wdsz, n) && 
                         (FRONTV.indexOf(local.charAt(n + 1)) >= 0) && 
-                        (!hard)) {
-                        code.append('J');
+ 
+ 
+ 
                     } else {
                         code.append('K');
                     }
