lib/taxamatch_rb/phonetizer.rb in dimus-taxamatch_rb-0.1.1 vs lib/taxamatch_rb/phonetizer.rb in dimus-taxamatch_rb-0.1.2

@@ -59,11 +59,9 @@
       a_word = self.normalize_ending(a_word)
     end
     a_word
   end
     
-  protected
-    
   def self.normalize_ending(a_word)
       # -- deal with variant endings -is (includes -us, -ys, -es), -im (was -um), -as (-os)
       # -- at the end of a string translate all to -a
       a_word.gsub!(/IS$/, 'A')
       a_word.gsub!(/IM$/, 'A')
\ No newline at end of file