It is remarkable that “bang” was not in the list of possible Words of the Year in the Netherlands. Another winner came out of the bus: “sorry” was voted Word of the Year with no less than 82.2 percent of the vote.
“Sorrow” means “a person regrets having been vaccinated against a particular contagious disease.” Opponents of the corona vaccination had called on social media to vote for “sorry”.
According to Ton den Boon, the Dutch editor-in-chief of Van Dale, there was no question of an automated vote. “Peak regret” was not even on the Flemish list. “The polarization around vaccination is much greater in the Netherlands than in Flanders,” Ton den Boon told VRT NWS.
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