Man people can get upset by the strangest things but then I say that not having heard these vuvuzela things that everyone is complaining about. From what I have read though, there has been talk about trying to ban them from any of the World Cup matches because the people not blowing them are getting a real hate on for those that are.
Thankfully the good folks at Boing Boing have tracked down someone who can explain why these things are so annoying. As Trevor Cox, president of the UK Institute of Acoustic, told New Scientist:
The vuvuzela is like a straightened trumpet and is played by blowing a raspberry into the mouthpiece. The player’s lips open and close about 235 times a second, sending puffs of air down the tube, which excite resonance of the air in the conical bore. A single vuvuzela played by a decent trumpeter is reminiscent of a hunting horn – but the sound is less pleasing when played by the average football fan, as the note is imperfect and fluctuates in frequency. It sounds more like an elephant trumpeting. This happens because the player does not keep the airflow and motion of the lips consistent.
So there you have it folks, the reason why you hate the vuvuzela so much. Feel better?
