docs: update explanation of .replace rule

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Valdis Vitolins
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## Character Substitution
Character substitutions can be specified by using a `.replace` section
at the start of the `*_rules` file. Each line specified either one or
two alphabetic characters to be replaced by another one or two
alphabetic characters. This substitution is done to a word before word is searched
at the start of the `*_rules` file. In each line one character can be
replaced by one or two characters. (Source and target of replacement can consume
up to four bytes.) This substitution is done to a word _before_ word is searched
in `*_list` or `*_listx` file and translated using the spelling-to-phoneme rules.
Only the lower-case version of the characters needs to be specified. e.g.
Only the lower-case version of the characters needs to be specified. e.g.:
.replace
ô   ő   // (Hungarian) allow the use of o-circumflex instead of o-double-accute