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From: porkchop@invalid.foo (Mike Sanders)
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Subject: Re: (Long post) Metaphone Algorithm In AWK
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:50:07 -0000 (UTC)
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Mike Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> wrote:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> However, if I remove the extra condition (that levenshtein($x, find) <=
>> 2) your AWK code matches a different set of words to the C
>> implementation.  Looking a bit deeper, your AWK code give the code TKSS
>> to the word "texas" but the C code assigns is "TKS".
> 
> Just differing metaphone variants, witness...
> 
> Texas = Tex[ess] (if phonetically pronounced - almost slurred sounding)

See also:

https://tilores.io/metaphone-phonetic-algorithm-online-tool?t1=texas&t2=taxi

-- 
:wq
Mike Sanders