# Sound Effect Madness, Round 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 21, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684 "2008-06-21T13:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/1 "2008-06-21T13:31:12Z")
**Usram** stepped in and broke the ties, so we can proceed to round 3. Vote for the sound you prefer in each matchup. Voting will remain open until Monday, June 23rd at 8 PM EDT. **The MEH bracket** Zing vs. Chirp Splat vs. Quack **The WHOOSH bracket** Zoom vs. Twang Sizzle vs. Jangle \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Whimper vs. Cackle Snicker vs. Murmur **The TWEE bracket** Whomp vs. Boing Thunk vs. Ka-ching And remember … no wagering! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/2 "2008-06-21T13:34:41Z")
**The MEH bracket** Zing Quack **The WHOOSH bracket** Zoom vs. Twang (This is a tough one! Having sat here for a minute saying “Zoom! Twang! Zoom! Twang!” out loud, I’m still torn – but will give it to Twang, in honor of my current obsession with _Carnivale_. ) Sizzle vs. Jangle \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Cackle Murmur **The TWEE bracket** Boing Ka-ching ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/3 "2008-06-21T13:48:02Z")
Zing Splat Zoom Sizzle Cackle Snicker Boing \* Thunk - This one was the hard one for me. I like 'em both so much, but Boing wins! ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/4 "2008-06-21T14:01:40Z")
**The MEH bracket** Zing Splat **The WHOOSH bracket** Twang Sizzle \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Whimper Snicker **The TWEE bracket** Boing Thunk ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/5 "2008-06-21T14:34:35Z")
The MEH bracket Chirp Splat The WHOOSH bracket Zoom Jangle The SQUEE bracket Cackle Snicker The TWEE bracket Boing Thunk ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/6 "2008-06-21T18:07:44Z")
The MEH bracket Chirp Splat The WHOOSH bracket Twang Sizzle The SQUEE bracket Cackle Snicker The TWEE bracket Boing Thunk ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/7 "2008-06-21T19:53:36Z")
**The MEH bracket** Zing vs. Chirp Splat vs. Quack **The WHOOSH bracket** Zoom vs. Twang Sizzle vs. Jangle \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Whimper vs. Cackle Snicker vs. Murmur **The TWEE bracket** Whomp vs. Boing Thunk vs. Ka-ching If not for the TWEE pairings shaking out the way they did, my choices would each have contained at least one _k_, _q_, or _z_. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/8 "2008-06-21T23:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [ **The WHOOSH bracket** Sizzle vs. Jangle [/QUOTE] Oops. Just realized I neglected to vote on this match-up – I’m gonna give it to Sizzle. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/9 "2008-06-23T12:51:57Z")
**bump** for the weekday crowd ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/10 "2008-06-23T21:44:43Z")
**The MEH bracket** \*\*Zing \*\*vs. Chirp Splat vs. \*\*Quack \*\* **The WHOOSH bracket** \*\*Zoom \*\*vs. Twang \*\*Sizzle \*\*vs. Jangle \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Whimper vs. \*\*Cackle \*\* \*\*Snicker \*\*vs. Murmur **The TWEE bracket** Whomp vs. \*\*Boing \*\* \*\*Thunk \*\*vs. Ka-ching (Edited because I left in badly formatted sections of the OP – whoops!) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/11 "2008-06-24T13:43:28Z")
The results of round 3: **The MEH bracket** Zing vs. Chirp (5/2) Splat vs. Quack (4/3) **The WHOOSH bracket** Zoom vs. Twang (4/3) Sizzle vs. Jangle (6/1) \*\*The SQUEE bracket \*\* Whimper vs. Cackle (1/6) Snicker vs. Murmur (6/1) **The TWEE bracket** Whomp vs. Boing (7/0) Thunk vs. Ka-ching (5/2) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-round-3/453684/12 "2008-06-24T14:02:32Z")
The next round is [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472984) A few thoughts – In the **Whoosh** bracket, the clear victories of Zoom and Sizzle over Twang and Jangle make it clear that the “z” sound of the consonant trumps the vowel-consonant “ang” combination. It will be interesting to see how the pithiness of Zoom does against the double sibilant of Sizzle. In the **Squee** bracket, the slightly sinister sounds of laughter, Snicker and Cackle, were the clear winners over the more pathetic Whimper and less assertive Murmur. Interesting. Thunk, which I mistakenly put in twice in the first round, continues its strong showing – but is up against Boing now, and Boing took this round unanimously.