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The term brogue ( ) generally refers to an Irish accent. Less commonly, it may also refer to certain other regional forms of English, in particular those of Scotland or the English West Country.〔''brogue'', noun. Cambridge Dictionaries Online.〕〔McArthur, Tom and Roshan (2005). ''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language''. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0192806376〕 The word was first recorded in 1689.〔McCrum, Robert et al. (1986). ''The Story of English''. Viking Press. ISBN 978-0670804672〕 Multiple etymologies have been proposed: it may derive from the Irish ''bróg'' ("rough or stout shoe"), the type of shoe traditionally worn by the people of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands, and hence possibly originally meant "the speech of those who call a shoe a 'brogue'".〔(brogue ), Online Etymology Dictionary〕 It is also possible that the term comes from the Irish word ''barróg'', meaning "a hold (on the tongue)", thus "accent" or "speech impediment". A famous false etymology states that the word stems from the supposed perception that the Irish spoke English so peculiarly that it was as if they did so "with a shoe in their mouths".〔Walshe, Shane et al. (2009). ''Irish English As Represented in Film''. Peter Lang Pub Inc. p. 4. ISBN 978-3631586822〕 ==See also== *Regional accents of English *Language contact *List of English words of Irish origin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「brogue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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