The World of Ee

You follow the man into one of the smaller houses in the village.
The man, Eex-thing or what you may call it, motions you to sit down beside a table, which you of course do.
"So, stranger, where are you from?" he asks.
There is a not so slight pause as you ponder what you could say.
"Well... I come from a distant land," you finally reply.
"From the other side of the mountains? Even past the villages Ree, Mee, Nee and Pee?" the man asks excitedly.
"Could be, could be," you reply enthusiastically, grinning at the man. Did he say Pee, you think to yourself.
"So what are you doing here in our fine village?"