AUSTRALIA’S performance at the World Cup was “positive” and “spirited”, according to a study by Britain’s Cambridge University.
The University analysed a variety of online sources, including a multi-billion-word database called the Cambridge English Corpus, to determine which three words people around the world have been using most to describe each of the tournament’s 32 teams.
Some teams, such as the “stunning”, “rampaging” Netherlands, left the tournament with a distinctly positive vibe.
Other nations were clearly less impressed by their footballers’ efforts. South Korea, for instance, was labelled “woeful”, “embarrassing” and a “failure” after finishing at the bottom of its group with a draw and two defeats.
The University analysed a variety of online sources, including a multi-billion-word database called the Cambridge English Corpus, to determine which three words people around the world have been using most to describe each of the tournament’s 32 teams.
Some teams, such as the “stunning”, “rampaging” Netherlands, left the tournament with a distinctly positive vibe.
Other nations were clearly less impressed by their footballers’ efforts. South Korea, for instance, was labelled “woeful”, “embarrassing” and a “failure” after finishing at the bottom of its group with a draw and two defeats.