Vox populi education. With increasing public familiarity with the term, several radio and television programs have been named "vox pop" in allusion to this practice. The Latin phrase (), 'The voice of the people [is] the voice of God', is an old proverb. An early reference to the expression is in a letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798. The full quotation from Alcuin reads: English translation: This passage indicates that already by the end of the eighth century the phrase had become an aphorism of political common wisdom. Writing in the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury refers to the saying
Victoria Vox In 2006, after moving from Green Bay to Baltimore, Maryland, she released her first album of ukulele music through Obus Records. The album was entitled "Victoria Vox and Her Jumping Flea" because "jumping flea" is the literal translation of the Hawaiian word "ukulele". Though her professional, performance repertoire contains little traditional Hawaiian ukulele music, with the 2008 release of Chameleon, Vox gained renown for her use of the ukulele with pop music. Vox is featured in a short segment in the extras on the DVD release of "Mighty Uke: The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog", a 2010 documentary on