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PC World Blunders "Numa Numa" Language

Everyone these days has probably heard of the famous "Numa Numa Dance" video. They probably also know the name of the song used, the band that performed it, and what language it is in. Apparently, that assumption is absolutely wrong.

PC World published a "Greatest Hits of Viral Video" article yesterday, and I got a link in my email today (I am a newsletter subscriber). Smack on the third page, the now-familiar face of Gary Brolsma is contained in an embedded YouTube player, with a paragraph-length blurb stating that the song is German.

Wrong! Everyone probably knows this, but I'll state it anyway. Gary is lip-syncing to the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by the Romanian (Moldovian, to be precise) band O-Zone. Hence, the song is written in Romanian.

This is the first time I have seen a big error in a PC World story, and even though it is an editorial, it should be completely true, insofar as the facts are concerned. In other words, if it is the author's opinion that the song is German, that doesn't make it so; Romanian is Romanian, no matter what you think it should be.

I will now post a cropped screenshot of the error, in case PC World corrects the story (per my comment there) before you read this:

Stunning in its inaccuracy, isn't it? I thought so. I'll have to start taking PC World's reports with a grain of salt now, won't I?

Update: Fixed.

Everyone these days has probably heard of the famous "Numa Numa Dance" video. They probably also know the name of the song used, the band that performed it, and what language it is in. Apparently, that assumption is absolutely wrong. PC World published a "Greatest Hits of Viral Video" article yesterday, and I got a link in my email today (I am a newsletter subscriber). Smack on the third page, the now-familiar face of Gary Brolsma is contained in an embedded YouTube player, with a paragraph-length blurb stating that the song is German. Wrong! Everyone probably knows this, but I'll state it anyway. Gary is lip-syncing to the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by the Romanian (Moldovian, to be precise) band O-Zone. Hence, the song is written in Romanian. This is the first time I have seen a big error in a PC World story, and even though it is an editorial, it should be completely true, insofar as the facts are concerned. In other words, if it is the author's opinion that the song is German, that doesn't make it so; Romanian is Romanian, no matter what you think it should be. I will now post a cropped screenshot of the error, in case PC World corrects the story (per my comment there) before you read this: Stunning in its inaccuracy, isn't it? I thought so. I'll have to start taking PC World's reports with a grain of salt now, won't I? Update: Fixed.