[1rudeboy]

It's more complicated than that. Some Lithuanian vowels come in three flavors, such as:

regular 'e'
'e' with a single dot above
'e' with a little "tail," and

some of the more common consonants in two, such as:

regular 's,'
's' with a small "v" on top.

You can find them in the 'Symbol' field in Word, but they don't transcribe to this forum for some reason. (That's why I chose a sentence without any for my example). Linguists study Lithuanian because its grammar hasn't changed that much, ever, and it is a living relative to Sanskrit. It is also 100% phonetic, no exceptions, and no 'q.'

[Hoplite]

Well if you can't mind your "Q's", no wonder you're a rudeboy.

So what's up with all this hub-bub about the Russian minority and recidivist Naziism in the Baltic States? I note that there is a Nazi youth culture in Russia, of all places, so I'm wondering if that particular story is more hype than substance.

Just curious to see if you can shed some light on the subject.