Why Is the Scottish Accent Called a Brogue?

Multiple etymologies have been proposed: it may derive from the Irish bróg ("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'". ...

Is a brogue Irish or Scottish?

You may know of a brogue as a thick Irish accent, and that can help you remember another meaning: it's also a thick Irish shoe. Brogues are heavy, sturdy Irish shoes, and they're usually made from untanned hide.

What is the difference between a brogue and an accent?

is that accent is (linguistics) a higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it while brogue is a strong dialectal accent in ireland it used to be a term for irish spoken with a strong english accent, but gradually ...