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Revealed: The most popular words across UK - including 'knob' in Welsh

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Data published by Charles Kemp , a professor in psychology at the University of Melbourne , reveals the most popular words in each region.

Old English has 'hedge' at the top, marking a very long-standing English preoccupation with hedgerows and gardens.

The Sussex dictionary has more mentions of 'flint' than any other word perhaps a reference to the important Neolithic flint mines around the county.

'Oatmeal' is followed by 'turnip', 'jock', 'peat' and 'generosity' again suggesting Scots love or interest in these things.

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