The author has stated[1] that the names of the countries were excluded for consideration in the choice of most frequent word.

@atsaloti "New" really should have been excluded as the most frequent word. It appears a lot in the names of New Guinea, New South Wales, New Holland... It would be interesting to know what word came afterwards in frequency.

[1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnitarian/8288065763/sizes/o/i...