nasality

That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.

Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System Jessie Eldridge Southwick

Without special attention to the subject, teachers are apt to acquire certain characteristic faults of voice, such as nasality, sharpness, harshness, and thinness of tone, of which they are quite unconscious.

The American Union Speaker 1852

I attribute the fact that my irritating nasality is somewhat tempered to the fact that I went to summer camp at a young age, which is where I heard the letter "R" pronounced for the first time.

Fixed-Gear Theme Vacations: Getting There is Half the Fun, Filming It is the Other Half BikeSnobNYC 2010

I was not an environmentalist then, and my impression of these people ranged from the nasality of John Denver to dogmatic feminists cramming political correctness into any available ear while claiming that they would save the world by recycling, biking to work or changing out the incandescent light bulbs.

Giles Slade: The 'Deep Throat' of Green 2009

(Well, yeah, her high-pitched nasality is grating, but we're used to it and it drives the liberal pinkos crazy!)

Inside Rove's Diary: The "Magic" of Presidential Street-Fighting 2008

So set your phasers to “infinite nasality” and check it out.

Preview of Tonight’s The Hills! | Best Week Ever 2008

Rolling his gutteral Prussian R's with gusto, he sang in an indescribable blend of nasality and hypertensive stridency.

Music of the Weimar Republic -- 2007

I even gave it a little British upper-crust nasality for good measure.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

I even gave it a little British upper-crust nasality for good measure.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

Love the way he sings "Nixon" with extra nasality.

words 2006