[93] This accent is not wanted for Englishmen of the present day. Noah Webster (Dissertations on the English Language, Boston U.S. 1789, p. 118) says: "Our modern fashionable speakers accent _European_ on the last syllable but one. This innovation has happened within a few years.... Analogy requires _Euro'pean_ and this is supported by as good authorities as the other." He adds in a footnote. "_Hymenean_ and _hymeneal_ are, by some writers, accented on the last syllable but one; but erroneously. Other authorities preserve the analogy." Milton has _hymenéan_, P. L. 4, 711. Milton's line "Epicurean, and the Stoic severe," P. Reg. 4 280, is strange, however the word may be accented; Shakspere's "keep his brain fuming; Epicúrean cooks," A. and C., act 2, sc. 1, sp. 9, v. 24, is distinct enough. If the long diphthong or vowel in Latin were a proper guide, we should have to say _inimī'cal_, _doctrī'nal_, _amī'cable_. These words are accented on the same plan as those taken from the French. And this would give the common _Eurō'pean_, which is now strictly tabooed.--_A. J. Ellis._ [94] The probable breitmannish form of scythes is given in these pages. Compare "Pargerswill, Box [Parkersville, Bucks] Kaundie Pensilfäni." Transcriber's notes: Gesperrt text marked as _= ... =_ Bold text marked as = ... = Italic text marked as _ ... _ Different spelling of some words (e.g. 'fing-er' and 'finger') results from different usage. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Pennsylvania Dutch, by S. S. Haldeman