d-d-d'ye

Updated: May 7, 2025

"Wh-wha-what the dicken's d-d-d'ye mean by this?" stuttered and stammered Captain Gillespie, his passion almost stopping his speech. "Wh-wh-what d'ye mean, I say?" "Me only hab piecee cocky-fightee," answered Ching Wang as calmly as possible. "Me chin chin you, cap'en." Captain Gillespie fairly boiled over with rage.

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea