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ZephyrXero@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?

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Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?

ZephyrXero@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Holyginz@lemmy.world
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    What an amaizing shower thought

  • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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    One of the biggest, most famous corn maze attractions is called The Amazing Maize Maze

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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      Been around since before SSL

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    For that matter, why is it called “getting corn-holed” instead of “getting maize-holed”

  • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
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    Because they were made from sheafs of wheat in the past.

    “Corn” was the name for any grain in Britain.

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    They should just call it a maize.

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    My wife said because the answer is just, No.

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    Because finding your way out is a real cornundrum

  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
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    Billy Mays Maize Maze Mayonnaise Mace

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    Ma(i)ze ²

    • 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@lemmy.zip
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      You made me realize a Maize Maze has a real part and an imaginary part.

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    I think you mean a maize labyrinth

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    Actually I went to one yearly in my childhood called the Maize Maze. Not in the US though.

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    A maize labyrinth would be better

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      Only if there’s one path, no dead ends. A maze branches, a labyrinth doesn’t and only winds around as one long path.

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    Because that would be confusing

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    The ways of this amazing maize maze will make you praise for days til you’re in a glaze haze

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      Says you.

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        I says

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    A maizing mazing question.

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