Excerpt from L'Argot Ancien (1455-1850): Ses Éléments Constitutifs, Ses Rapports Avec les Langues Secrètes de l'Europe Méridionale Et l'Argot Moderne, Avec un Appendice sur l'Argot Jugé par Victor Hugo Et BalzacEt trente ans plus tard, Alfred Delvau d'ajouter En France, on parle peut - être français mais à Paris on parle argot' autant de professions, autant de jargons differents, incompréhensibles pour les profanes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.