64.--13. faut couper. Popular omission of the subject
pronoun.
19. coupe pas. An example of the popular omission of _ne_.--
je vas, for _je vais_; the first person is formed on analogy with
the second and third (_vas, va_).
66.--13. iau. Dialectic for _eau_.
19. drait. Dialectic (Norman) for _droit_; this peculiarity may
be seen in Canadian French, which is partly Norman in origin; the Latin
_i_ and _ë_ became in Old French _ei_, this sound developed in Modern
French into _oi_, but the Norman dialect retained the Old French sound
(represented here by _ai_).
23. aiguë. Note the diaeresis, which indicates that _u_ is
pronounced in this word.
67.--3. à c't'-heure. For _à cette heure_, a popular
phrase for _maintenant_; this also illustrates the popular tendency to
slur over syllables and to omit completely the pronunciation of mute e.
11. j'pourrions t'y point. For _ne pourrais-je point?_ The
uneducated often use the first person plural with _je; t'y_ (sometimes
written _ti_ and _il_) represents the interrogative particle also used
by the uneducated, it arose by analogy with the sound of the final
syllable in such phrases as _est-il?, sont-ils?_
68.--17. il était regardant à son bien. Compare the
English construction: "hldquo;he was looking after his property"; this use of
the French present participle is incorrect.