Comparing 2 similar strings?

[John Machin]

On 20 May 2005 04:09:26 GMT, ptjm at interlog.com (Patrick TJ McPhee)
wrote:

>In article <153o811mt7uhqa3aojb5101sd7qo4jrgps at 4ax.com>,
>John Machin  <sjmachin at lexicon.net> wrote:
>
>% None of the other approaches make the mistake of preserving the first
>% letter -- this alone is almost enough reason for jettisoning soundex.
>
>Metaphone does, at least in the case of Aaron and Erin.

You're quite correct; moreover NYSIIS does that too.

Dunno what came over me, must be gamma rays or something :-)