The Tom Watson story at the British Open is a great one. The reporting on it, not so much.
"Standing on the edge of the fairway, a marshal who had seen Watson work his magic at Turnberry for three decades whispered in his thick Scottish brogue, lost in time as he watched a 59-year-old champion leading the British Open."
This would be true if the marshal was talking into his shoe (especially if he were wearing ghillie brogues), but I kind of doubt that was the case.
So, for the record, the Irish accent has a "brogue," the Scottish accent (and some northern English accents) has a "burr."
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Semi-related: Alex Turner, of the band Arctic Monkeys, is from Sheffield. I once described his inflection as a "brogue"; was that right, or...?
(If this is a double post, feel free to ignore it.)
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