Irish brogue
Emerald Isle accent
An Irish brogue is the distinctive accent and manner of speaking English characteristic of Ireland, marked by particular vowel sounds, rhythms, and intonations that vary by region.
The term brogue itself likely derives from the Irish word for shoe, perhaps suggesting the speech of country people who wore such footwear.
His Irish brogue thickened whenever he got excited or had a few drinks.
- accentRegional speech pattern
- thick accentPronounced regional inflection
- liltRhythmic speech quality
- DublinIrish capital city
- County CorkIrish coastal administrative region
Celtic · Gaelic · old country · Emerald Isle · pub · whiskey · emerald · twang · dialect · tongue · charm · silver tongue · rolling · thick · cadence · shoe · leather · oxford
- provincial accentsYorkshire, Geordie, West Country, Bavarian, Quebecois
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
Irish brogueBBC English
Standard British broadcast accent
Queen's English · Australian accent · Welsh accent · Canadian accent
Irish brogueQueen's English
Standard British formal speech
BBC English · posh accent · Oxford English · Standard English