Since many words established in Anglo-Norman from French via the intermediary of Norman were not subject to the processes of sound change that continued in parts of the continent, English sometimes preserves earlier pronunciations. For example, "ch" used to be in Medieval French, where Modern French has , but English has preserved the older sound (in words like "chamber, chain, chase" and "exchequer"). Similarly, "j" had an older sound, which it still has in English and some dialects of modern Norman, but it has developed into in Modern French.