Address of the Vice-President. 37 



The peculiarity to which I advert is what may be called 

 the Trochaic characters of our common names. They are 

 commonly of two syllables, with the accent on the first. 



Bobby, 

 Davy, 

 Jockey, 

 Jamie, 

 Tammy, 

 Watty, 

 Willy, 

 with 



Babby, 



Chirsty, 



Jeany, 



Nanny. 

 The corruptions take the same form. 



Neddy, 



Paddy, 



Sandy, 

 with 



Betty, 



Maggy, 



Peggy. 

 But where the name is already of this form, it remains 

 without alteration. 



Helen, 



Mary, 



Susan. 



The English, on the other hand, seem rather to prefer 

 single syllables. * 



Queen Bess, 



Bluff King Hal, 



Peg Nicolson, 



Nell Gwynne, 



Nan Rawlins of Hogarth. 



