brogue

これもスコットランド独立をめぐる選挙の影響でしょうか。世界でもっともsexyな「訛り」についての投票を呼びかけるCNNの記事から英語表現を採り上げます。
「訛り」というと通常見出しのaccentが用いられますが，本文中にはbrogueという表記も見られます。brogueは「なまり, 方言」を意味し，とりわけアイルランドやスコットランドのそれを指す傾向があるようです（『プログレッシブ英和中辞典』小学館）。加えて「(アイルランドスコットランドの)生皮の粗雑で硬い靴」（『プログレッシブ英和中辞典』同上）という意味があり，この種の靴はwing-tipとも言われます。候補となっている訛りのリストが掲載されていますが，当然ことながらJapaneseはないですね。（Koyamamoto）

Are these the world's sexiest accents?
(CNN) -- The Scots are talking a lot this week -- perhaps you've heard a little something about an independence referendum -- and that makes us happy.
That's because we like how the Scots talk.
Not necessarily what they say -- just the way they say it.
Imagine the way your Scottish pals might pronounce "pour" and "poor."
The Scottish accent is like no other.
Then again, neither is any other accent.
It's estimated that there are nearly 7,000 languages on earth.
That's nearly 7,000 different ways to traipse clumsily through the English language -- or to sex it up like an old Justin Timberlake song.
Of course, no accent is sexy when it's strong enough to crush a beer can.
Which means not all accents are created equal.
You choose: Hottest accents
All of this got us talking this week about which accents we like most.
So we decided to hold a vote of our own -- a Facebook poll to ask which accents you prefer. (Trinidadian has charged to the front at the time of writing. You can cast a vote via this link:: on.fb.me/1wHkW0y.)
Below is the list of sexiest brogues we came up with by deploying an admittedly unscientific methodology -- meaning we asked around the office, which does at least account for more nationalities than colors in the M&M universe.
Our also-rans included Australian (as appealing as warm Foster's to some, tantalizingly exotic to others) and Japanese (the language of repressed salarymen is also strangely designed for pillow talk).
Feel free to state your objections and/or rain your accolades in the comments section below and vote in our Facebook poll.
Because when it comes to accents, there are no absolutes.
Except that the one that makes you cringe is absolutely horrible.
You know which one we're talking about.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel/sexy-accents/index.html?hpt=hp_c5