Poll makes a big noise all over the world

They made an infernal noise during the World Cup. They prevented commentators from hearing their own voice. People bought them in their thousands and annoyed their neighbours. But the vuvuzela has helped the translation company Today Translations make another big noise all around the world. Our news story, which reported on our global poll of [...]

“Vuvuzela” named “Word of the World Cup”

In a global poll of language experts across more than 60 countries the word “Vuvuzela” outperformed “Waka Waka”, “Jabulani”, “bafana” and “Zakumi”. It has without question made the biggest World Cup impact of any word since “WAG’s” in the 2006 World Cup. “Vuvuzela” has been voted the “word of the World Cup”, in a global [...]

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