It's only saying, do you know how to talk French ?" "Well, den, why couldn't he SAY it ?" "Why, he IS a-saying it.

That's a Frenchman's WAY of saying it." "Well, it's a blame ridicklous way, en I doan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it.

Dey ain' no sense in it." "Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do ?" "No, a cat don't." "Well, does a cow ?" "No, a cow don't, nuther." "Does a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat ?" "No, dey don't." "It's natural and right for 'em to talk different from each other, ain't it ?" "Course." "And ain't it natural and right for a cat and a cow to talk different from US ?" "Why, mos' sholy it is." "Well, then, why ain't it natural and right for a FRENCHMAN to talk different from us?
You answer me that." "Is a cat a man, Huck ?" "No." "Well, den, dey ain't no sense in a cat talkin' like a man.

Is a cow a man ?--er is a cow a cat ?" "No, she ain't either of them." "Well, den, she ain't got no business to talk like either one er the yuther of 'em.

Is a Frenchman a man ?" "Yes." "WELL, den! Dad blame it, why doan' he TALK like a man?
You answer me DAT!" I see it warn't no use wasting words--you can't learn a nigger to argue.
So I quit..