fonee

Updated: June 25, 2025

'Perault, dat's fonee ting, he say. 'Where dose can' meat, eh? By gar! days so, de bear he can' eat dose can' meat, not moche!" "Not likely, not bein' a goat," put in Ike drily. "Well, we look aroun' ver' close, no scratch, no track. By gar! days no bear, for sure dat's one bear on two leg." "I think," said Sinclair gravely, "that there is no doubt of that. The question is, who did it?

Ralph Connor - The Prospector

"Dere is somet'ing dere," he affirmed, when the rhythmed vagaries of his mind touched the secret chords of Batard's being and brought forth the long lugubrious howl. "Ah pool eet out wid bot' my han's, so, an' so. Ha! ha! Eet is fonee! Eet is ver' fonee! De priest chant, de womans pray, de mans swear, de leetle bird go peep-peep, Batard, heem go yow-yow an' eet is all de ver' same t'ing. Ha! ha!"

Jack London - The Faith of Men