'Flip-Flop' is 59th most beautiful word

'Mother' deemed the most beautiful word in English

Thu Nov 25, 5:10 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Mother is the most beautiful word in the English language, followed by passion, smile, love and eternity, according to a worldwide survey.

The British Council, the government agency that promotes British culture around the globe, quizzed more than 40,000 people in 102 non-English speaking countries on their favourite words.

Fantastic, destiny, freedom, liberty and tranquility filled out the top 10 ranking of most beautiful English words, out of a list of 70 words -- a number deliberately chosen to mark the British Council's 70th anniversary.

Others that made the grade included lollipop at number 42, flip-flop (59), hen night (70) and banana (41), along with twinkle (23), hiccup (63), hodgepodge (64), whoops (56) and oi (61).

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:D

I'd love to be known as TwinkleHodgepodge.

Or maybe MotherHenNight.

Even WhoopsHiccup.

It's a conspiracy, I tell you. A damnable flip-flopping conspiracy.