7. The method of claim 1 wherein processing of the query using the language data to identify one or more language patterns that each include the first portion of the pattern that is acoustically similar to the query is performed prior to locating the putative instance of the query.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein processing of the query using the language data to identify one or more language patterns that each include the first portion of the pattern that is acoustically similar to the query is performed prior to locating the putative instance of the query. 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the method further comprises presenting the one or more language patterns to a user from whom the query is accepted.