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Meanings of nasal twang in English

Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)

Usage of nasal twang in English
1
The same nasal twang was in her voice, the same snobbish reserve.
Dreams from Bunker Hill
2
He became steadier in his gaze; his voice lost some of its nasal twang.
The Guardian
3
He has a nasal twang, right priestly in its note.
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
4
Eliphalet girded up his loins, and sharpened his nasal twang to cope with hers.
The Crisis — Volume 01
5
Noseplugs sealed her nostrils, giving her voice a nasal twang.
Sisterhood of Dune
6
The speech is a stately drawl very different from the nasal twang of Eliphalet's bringing up.
The Crisis — Volume 01
7
Are you, in your nasal twang, going to have my head chopped off by royal decree?
The bourne ultimatum
8
There is always a nasal twang about it, but quite distinct from the nasality of a Yankee.
Froudacity; West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained...
9
Rodin pronounced these last word with a nasal twang, and the devout lady bowed her head respectfully.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
10
His tones took on a nasal twang.
The Crisis — Volume 06
11
Far off as the voice seemed at first, there was a delicious, home-sickness-provoking, nasal twang to the accents.
Fifth Avenue
12
It was understood to be a description of my conversation; American peculiarities, nasal twang, Yankee notions, stars and stripes.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
13
He was proud of his nasal twang and his want of grammar, and all amenities and decencies of speech.
Trumps
14
With a subtle nasal twang
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919
15
The fear of nasal twang and failure to distinguish between it and true nasal resonance has been the stumbling block.
Resonance in Singing and Speaking
16
Her English was accented, neither the flat, nasal twang of the Midwest, nor the vowel-bloating drawl of the Southeastern seaboard.
Bones to Ashes
This collocation consists of:
Nasal twang through the time
Nasal twang across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common