--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:48.002037036 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:48.002037036 +0200
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 	}
 
 	private boolean isPreviousChar(StringBuffer string, int index, char c) {
-		boolean matches = false;
+boolean matches = true;
 		if( index > 0 &&
 		    index < string.length() ) {
 			matches = string.charAt(index - 1) == c;
