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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 628 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BROGUE . (I) A rough See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe of raw See also:

leather (from the Gael. brog, a shoe) worn in the wilder parts of See also:

Ireland and the Scottish See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands. (2) A dialectical See also:

ACCENT

accent or See also:

PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation (of uncertain origin), especially used of the Irish accent in speaking See also:

ENGLISH

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