2011/2/22 Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com>:
> I have a question about the name on line 17: "Aaclan"
>
> The data file shows code 0456 for this name and our implementation produces 
> code 0856.
>
> When I walk through the table 
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Phonetik#Buchstabencodes I think the 
> output should be 0856.
>
> Can you confirm which is the correct value?

I am not a German speaker either, but reading that algorithm at
Wikipedia, I think it is a question of whether that "Aaclan" name is
pronounced like "Aklan" (thus 4 for K) or "Aslan" (thus 8 for S).

I think that that "c" will be pronounced as "K" there.



Best regards,
Konstantin Kolinko

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