Literary notes about brogue (AI summary)
The word "brogue" in literature functions as a potent marker of regional identity and cultural nuance. In James Joyce’s Ulysses [1], it is subtly woven into everyday speech, hinting at a soft, indigenous lilt, while Robert Burns [2] imbues it with a touch of defiant character by cursing its distinctive sound. Jacob Riis [3] uses the term to capture a lively Irish cadence that resonates even in the urban sprawl, and Bernard Shaw [4] employs it as a clear identifier of national (or regional) accents, marking the difference between Irish and Yorkshire speech. Finally, L.M. Montgomery [5] underscores its performative quality, suggesting that a well-practiced brogue can animate a reading with unique fire and appeal.
- Cork air softer also their brogue.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - ] An' play'd on man a cursed brogue, (Black be your fa'!)
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns - The picture is faithful enough to stand for its class wherever along both rivers the Irish brogue is heard.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis - You can spot an Irishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw - But she did not give her "brogue" the inimitable twist she had given it in the practices, and her readings lacked their usual fire and appeal.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery
