I’ve lived in France long enough now to realize the French never really say oui like we think they say it. More often than not, they pronounce it wayh, and it’s usually with an inhale, as if they’re talking while taking a drag on a cigarette. Which is often the case. But starting around 2015, what I heard from my daughter Bibi and my son Otto had nothing to do with oui or wayh. They were saying wesh.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 03, 2019 09:30 UTC