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The Boston Brahmin accent is a New England accent associated with the Boston Brahmin. Users include the character Walter Gaines on Cheers , and George Feeny on Boy Meets World . The Boston Brahm...
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People & Events: Boston Brahmins ... The term "Boston Brahmins" refers to a class of wealthy, educated, elite members of Boston society in the nineteenth century. ... Besides money and the right real estate, a self-conscious set of shared values defined Boston's aristocracy. Boston Brahmins prized culture and education.
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The term Boston Brahmin quickly came to connote great wealth, political influence, old New England roots, and often all of the above. These Brahmins frequently intermarried, founded and patronized Boston cultural institutions, and had some connection with nearby Harvard.
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If Boston is, in fact, the Athens of America, the Boston Brahmins hover over our city like the gods of Greek mythology. Not only were they the ones responsible for molding Boston into a version of Athens in the first place, but their reputations are parallel: deities in history, enigmas in the modern day.
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www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_new_brahmins/
www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_new_brahmins/
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For those interested, I have collected 3 examples of Boston Brahmin, Locust Valley Lockjaw and Midatlantic. They are pre mass media and feature men born in the mid 19th century. Enjoy. Henry Cabot Lodge from MA ca 1920 Boston Brahmin: watch?v=0x2TGuMdGB0; ... Brahmins in India have become a minority...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfR4DLXYpCw
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Feb 5, 2007 ... This is an example of the old upper-class accent of Boston.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwvONJXJUO4
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A selection of articles related to Boston Brahmins ... A Wisdom Archive on Boston Brahmins ... Boston Brahmins: Encyclopedia - Brahmin...
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www.experiencefestival.com/boston_brahmins
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Boston Brahmins, also called the First Families of Boston and cold roast Boston, are the class of New Englanders who claim hereditary and cultural descent from the English Protestants who founded the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and settled New England.
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www.bookrags.com/Boston_Brahmin
www.bookrags.com/Boston_Brahmin
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However, of greatest importance to Parker was that Amos was a self-made man, someone who had come to Boston "with nothing -- nothing but himself," but remained proud of his origins and benevolent in his success. To Theodore Parker, here was a model: "a man who knew the odds between the Means of Living and the Ends of Life.
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