Katori Hall

I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang.

American Playwright

Ian Williams

I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making.

American Musician

John Lydon

Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy.

English Musician

S. J. Perelman

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

American Writer

Kelsea Ballerini

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

Pat Mastelotto

I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.

Ann Wilson

I like The White Stripes and I like the kinda twang American thing right now.

Ritchie Blackmore

I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.

Sid Vicious

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.

George Strait

If twang isn't what I do, I don't know what is.

Used often to describe sounds of instruments, not just guitars.

Musical Context

'Twang' mimics the sound itself, helping you remember its use.

Onomatopoeic Quality

Reflects a stereotype of Southern speech; be sensitive using it.

Cultural Nuance

While distinctive, 'twang' isn't inherently negative or mocking.

Not Derogatory

Describes the sound made by the quick release of tension.

Action Sound

Using 'twang' can denote pride or fondness for one's origins.

Accent Identity

Can imply authentic emotion or a laid-back attitude in speech.

Emotive Expression

 and the intrigue which painted itself across her face was absolutely priceless. As soon as I hung up, she comes to me and says, "I didn't know you could do that. After all these years of knowing you, how did I not know you could do that?" What she was referring to was the fact that I could switch off the twang and slip into a native tongue,

Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupil...

 pitstops, and destination. In this case, when you perceive a threatening stimulus, you’ll invoke a fear startle response. Similar to the knee-jerk response, a startle can be involuntary and quite fast. If the string twangs loud enough,