70.--21. tous, boulangers, épiciers, etc. The French are
fond of ridiculing these classes of tradespeople, particularly the
_épiciers_, the _notaires_ and the _pharmaciens_; such soldiers would be
far from the martial type.
72.--5. sept~huit. For _sept ou huit_; v'là, for
_voilà_, illustrates the popular tendency to slur over syllables.
13. oufrez. For _ouvrez_; the Germans in speaking a foreign
language confuse voiced and unvoiced consonants, that is, b, d, g, j,
v, become p, t, c, ch, f, and vice versa; these errors will be easily
detected (ché = _j'ai_; manché = _mangé_, etc.).
73.--6. Un brave homme. Compare _un homme brave_;
adjectives having secondary meanings precede their nouns when they have
the figurative meaning and follow when the literal meaning occurs.
7. fous nous ferez à mancher. That is, _vous nous ferez manger_
or _vous nous donnerez à manger_.
74.--6. c'est les loups. Popular for _ce sont les loups_.
12. ché. For _je_.
77.--11. entre eux. Note that there is no elision with
_entre_ except in compound verbs (_entr'ouvrir_, etc.).
32. qué qui font. _For qu'est-ce qu'ils font_ (_il_ and _ils_ are
often pronounced _i_ even by the well educated).
78.--14. pi is for _puis_, t'as, for _tu as_; the
other errors have already been noted.
80.--25. Potdevin. Note de Maupassant's choice of names
(_cf. Maloison_, etc.).
83.--21. médaille militaire. See note to p. 195, l. 24.