oui-oui-ing

Updated: May 6, 2025

Gedge, however, continued to talk in the language of courts. It was obvious that McHenry's twenty-five years in French possessions had not taught him the white man's language. He demanded brusquely, "What are you oui-oui-ing for?" and occasionally interjected a few words of bastard French in an attempt to be jovial. To this Gedge paid little attention.

Frederick O'Brien - White Shadows in the South Seas