Boston Brahmin accent
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The Boston Brahmin accent is a New England accent associated with the Boston Brahmins.
Examples of people with this accent include Henry Cabot Lodge, T.S. Eliot, Endicott Peabody, and John Kerry.
In popular culture, users of this accent include the characters Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H, Walter Gaines on Cheers, Tracks on Transformers and George Feeny on Boy Meets World.
[edit] References
- Alvarez, Louis; Kolker, Andrew, American Tongues, IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303637/.
- Metcalf, Allan (2002). How We Talk: American Regional; English Today. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 74. ISBN 978-0618043620.
[edit] External links
- Two Boston Brahmins converse, from the documentary American Tongues
- Boston Brahmin Accent Sample: "Park your car in Harvard Yard"
- Boston Brahmin Accent Sample: "The law is very formal and strict in that regard"
