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ZephyrXero@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days 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 · 21 days ago
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  • Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Because that would be too corny

    • kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

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

  • slothrop@lemmy.ca
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    21 days ago

    A maizing mazing question.

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    19 days ago

    My wife said because the answer is just, No.

  • moody@lemmings.world
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    20 days ago

    A maize labyrinth would be better

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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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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    19 days ago

    What an amaizing shower thought

  • 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.

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    21 days ago

    Because maize maze sounds like the start of a tongue-twister and Americans are lazy with talking.

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    Because that would be confusing

  • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    It’s called a maizmorra

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    They do, infact, call them a maize maze. This one is near my house and they change it up every year. It’s really good fun.

    https://www.maize-maze.com/locations/brimstage-maize-maze

  • FelixMortane@lemmy.ca
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    20 days ago

    Ma(i)ze ²

  • cattywampas@lemm.ee
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    21 days ago

    Because it’s called corn in America.

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      21 days ago

      You should ask the natives of the continent about that

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        You know the only continent humans are native to is Africa, right?

        Indigenous is more correct because that involves the land changing someone, not just something coming from there.

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          You should ask Native Americans about that

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            They don’t call themselves that, they call themselves by their individual tribe names…

            They’re not one bulk people.

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              You’re right, as a group of people they prefer the term American Indian, but I’m not going to go and say “your should ask the Indians about that” because that sounds as stupid as whatever your argument is.

              Which was I think about using “native” instead of “indiginous”, which are literally synonyms in the context.

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                which are literally synonyms in the context.

                From my first reply:

                Indigenous is more correct because that involves the land changing someone, not just something coming from there.

                You might not be aware of every pedantic difference, I didn’t assume anyone would, that’s why I explicitly stated it

                Feel free to Google and check my work, but this isn’t an argument someone can win, words have meaning.

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        They are just earlier migrants :p

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    As someone who lives solidly in corn maze country, this is a well used joke whenever the topic of corn mazes comes up. Which means I hear it about twice a week throughout the fall.

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      Rookie numbers.

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