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imported>Hayford Peirce
(maize is Brit, corn is 'Merkin)
imported>Joe Quick
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If the usual word for maize is "corn," then why doesn't this article live at [[corn]]?  Is there a reason, or are we just being pretentious? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 18:44, 18 December 2007 (CST)
If the usual word for maize is "corn," then why doesn't this article live at [[corn]]?  Is there a reason, or are we just being pretentious? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 18:44, 18 December 2007 (CST)
:Maize is the Brit word, corn the American. So probably it depends on who started the article.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 18:50, 18 December 2007 (CST)
:Maize is the Brit word, corn the American. So probably it depends on who started the article.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 18:50, 18 December 2007 (CST)
::That's an interesting story, actually.  [http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2005/06/02/corn_maize_etymology_and_defintions This guy] does a pretty good job of telling it. --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 20:21, 18 December 2007 (CST)

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 Definition:  Cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the world, and one of the most widely grown crops in the Americas. [d] [e]
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If the usual word for maize is "corn," then why doesn't this article live at corn? Is there a reason, or are we just being pretentious? --Larry Sanger 18:44, 18 December 2007 (CST)

Maize is the Brit word, corn the American. So probably it depends on who started the article.... Hayford Peirce 18:50, 18 December 2007 (CST)
That's an interesting story, actually. This guy does a pretty good job of telling it. --Joe Quick 20:21, 18 December 2007 (CST)
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