As in, is the palatinisaton something that can be described, or is it necessary to hear it to understand the patterns? Hopefully tht is more coherent....I am not sure though

you want me to explain palatalisation? It is a bit difficult. You know the spanish letter ñ? it is called eñe. When you say that, you are using palatalisation. It is called palatalisation due to the palate (is that the word?) -the top inside your mouth. You press your tounge against the roof of your mouth while saying it. for instance, parts of Norway will use it while saying "danse". It will come out as something like dainse, only the i and n are pronounced at the same time, in a way. Not very comprehensive I know... It helps that most Norwegians have heard people who use it.

I should probably say it is not all like that..that is a bit of an extreme example, but true nonetheless.

I know. There are examples like that in Norway as well.

I'll have to get some of the actual quotes by grammarians....some of them are really quite amusing...

I can imagine


Magnus Alexander corpore parvus erat
Dissenting voice of wotmania
Frightfully stubborn pacifist

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent