--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:07.938152855 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:29:07.938152855 +0200
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             return "" ;
         }
         // single character is itself
-        if (txt.length() == 1) {
+if  ( txt.length (  )  != 1 )  {
             return txt.toUpperCase(java.util.Locale.ENGLISH) ;
         }
       
