86.--3. les femmes, c'est jamais prêt. A further example
of the popular omission of _ne_ and of the use of a singular verb
instead of the agreement of the verb with the real subject.
5. qui avait appelé le premier. _Le premier_ is in apposition to
_qui_.
7. all' viendront point. _All'_ represents the vulgar
pronunciation of _elles_ with the tendency to omit completely the mute
_e_; the omission of _ne_ has already been noted.
27. sage-femme. Compare _femme sage_, and notice the importance
of the correct position of the adjective.
86.--29. le sel symbolique. Used in the Catholic
christening ceremony.
87.--10. m'sieu. A further example of the slurring over of
syllables by the uneducated (qu' for _que_, m' for _me_,
vot' for _votre_, Etc.).
12. dans les estomacs. That is, _dans l'estomac_, the plural may
be by analogy with les entrailles.
17. grand'mères. Etymologically the apostrophe is an error. The
adjective _grand_ had no distinct feminine form in Latin (_grandem_)
nor in Old French (_grant_), consequently no _e_ has been omitted;
the feminine form of Modern French (_grande_) is due to analogy with
feminine adjectives where _e_ represents a Latin _a_ (_bonne_, from
_bona_, etc.), the form _grand'_ is merely a preservation of the Old
French form; _cf. grand'rue_, main street, _grand merci_, I thank you
kindly (where the apostrophe is not written), also such adverbs as
_prudemment, précipitamment_, etc. (see also note to p. 12, l. 25).