The palatalization of velar consonants before the front vowel produced different results in Norman to the central "langue d'oïl" dialects that developed into French. English therefore, for example, has "fashion" from Norman "féchoun" as opposed to Modern French "façon" (both developing from Latin "factio, factiōnem"). In contrast, the palatalization of velar consonants before that affected the development of French did not occur in Norman dialects north of the Joret line. English has therefore inherited words that retain a velar plosive where French has a fricative: