Brogue vs Trogue - What's the difference?
brogue | trogue |
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
* 1978 , , Fair Blows the Wind , Bantam Books,
* 2010 , , Random House,
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
(intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
To walk.
To kick.
To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters
As nouns the difference between brogue and trogue
is that brogue is a strong dialectal accent in ireland it used to be a term for irish spoken with a strong english accent, but gradually changed to mean english spoken with a strong irish accent as english control of ireland gradually increased and irish waned as the standard language while trogue is (mining) a wooden trough forming a drain.As a verb brogue
is (intransitive) to speak with a brogue (accent) or brogue can be (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.brogue
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 62:
- I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue , although not much of it.
page 187:
- “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue .
