Difference between revisions of "Assaye, assaye!"
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| − | * ''''' | + | * '''assaye:''' (''French, Middle English'') try! |
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''assez:''' (''French'') enough! |
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''asseyez vous:''' (''French'') sit down! → [[HCE]] sitting on the toilet in his outhouse |
Revision as of 03:15, 19 December 2006
- I say, I say!
- Easy, easy!
- Assaye: a village in southern India → the Battle of Assaye, 23 September 1803, in which Wellington was victorious, was part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
- assaye: (French, Middle English) try!
- assez: (French) enough!
- asseyez vous: (French) sit down! → HCE sitting on the toilet in his outhouse
