tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616338930552683606.post4666796421129852075..comments2011-06-16T19:13:18.004-07:00Comments on Blogometrics: Damn YankeesGhostOfTyronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299509325839104698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616338930552683606.post-60459434047872360832009-05-22T23:51:21.258-07:002009-05-22T23:51:21.258-07:00Ryan Adams is from North Carolina, and in a lot of...Ryan Adams is from North Carolina, and in a lot of his early songs, especially with Whiskeytown, you can hear the drawl. I imagine years of living in NYC eroded it in his speech but every once in a while it<br>surfaces in his singing. Southern accents seem to me, originally a southerner, the hardest to lose completely. All I have to do, 30 years away from the south, is talk to my aunt on the phone and my accent resurfaces for a while.Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616338930552683606.post-70996877592847158772009-05-23T11:08:14.547-07:002009-05-23T11:08:14.547-07:00I think Arnold Schwarzenegger might have you beat....I think Arnold Schwarzenegger might have you beat. He's been here for 41 years, having moved to America at age 21 in 1968, and his accent is as strong as ever.<br><br>He must frequently speak with family members back home (wink wink). As long as he doesn't sing, though, we'll never be able to figure out just how stubborn that Austrian accent truly is, I guess.<br><br>Thanks for visitng, and thanks for weighing in.GhostOfTyronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299509325839104698noreply@blogger.com