Assaye, assaye!

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  • 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