Absolutely. I experienced the US equivalent: I spent a year in Mississippi (after growing up in Ohio, which is what passes for standard English in the U.S.), in a town well-known for blues. Other Northerners would pass through and try to adopt a "Southern" accent (think this guy:

I'd be interested in seeing this article - these kinds of stories about any variety of American English being more "originally English" are common and generally either way overexaggerated or just flat-out false. Some *features* of "Southern Drawl" (a term most linguists wouldn't touch, by the way...) can likely be…

This post reminds me of Stephen Colbert's story about his childhood experience of seeing how Hollywood negatively portrayed Southerners like him on television. He soon adopted a flat, Midwestern accent from the numerous TV news anchors and reporters he watched so that nobody would judge him by his Charleston accent.

There are definitely black bros. I'm a mid-atlantic bro. And there are many of us.

He's (or she's) one of them of which you referred.

Wake Forest.

Long Island Bro: Pronounced Lawn Guy Lind or Strawn Guy Lind. (Editors Note: Can be applied to parts of Queens, South Brooklyn, Staten Island, and North Jersey).

Very true. Dead giveaway: strength of the (affected) accent is inversely proportional to distance from hometown (which is probably somewhere like Beverly). Hits peak Wicked during freshman year at UMass.

As a black, gay man in a fraternity of mostly, white, straight-ish Southern Bros, lemme tell you some things about the Southern Bros, at least those north of Miami.

They don't fuck with SoCo. SoCo is too damn sweet. They like their whiskey, either in shot form (which is sacrilege), or with coke. In fact, they drink…

Nope. Here in Texas, we DEFINITELY have Black and Hispanic bros. A LOT OF THEM.

The Redneck Bro (or "Bo", as they like to call each other down here)

Uniform: Also known as "The Outdoors Bro," the Colorado Bro wears clothes mainly from REI. Accessories include Nalgene, carabiner, and a lazy beard.
Intoxicant of choice: Local craft beer, and weed.
Hobbies: Skiing, snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, white water rafting, snow shoeing - he loves…

The Redneck Bro

Uniform: Southern Rock Band Concert T-shirt (circa 2001), ripped Levi's 501 jeans or cargo pants (for going out), work boots or Doc Marten's he's had since high school, toxically filthy baseball hat, pickup
Job: 2nd shift at the local factory, liquor store, agriculture
Intoxicant of choice: Chewing…

Gonna guess went to law school, did not get law job.

Do the quotes around "lawyer" mean they're not really a lawyer?

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You forgot the Desert Bro or Southwest Bro. Where I grew up this is what we had.

southern frat bro is off...his dress is actually identical to mid-atlantic frat bro (well done on that one) and the hair is exactly like the picture above. i.am.so.tired.of.this.hair. it seems to be at its most popular in alabama.

You're fighting a losing battle. It's like a lawyer saying, "not all lawyers are scum!"

Lest we forget, behind every bro is a woman who loves him.