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ZephyrXero to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days ago
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  • @Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Because that would be too corny

    • @kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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      30•16 days ago

  • @slothrop@lemmy.ca
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    35•16 days ago

    A maizing mazing question.

  • @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    18•16 days ago

    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.

    • @someguy3@lemmy.world
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      Rookie numbers.

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

    • fmstrat
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      1•14 days ago

      Been around since before SSL

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

  • @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.

  • @Goretantath@lemm.ee
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    11•16 days ago

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

    • @toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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      4•16 days ago

      "is it just a maize maze? or, is it, like, a real maize maze maze?

  • @Holyginz@lemmy.world
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    What an amaizing shower thought

  • @Uriel_Copy@lemmy.world
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    Actually I went to one yearly in my childhood called the Maize Maze. Not in the US though.

  • @cattywampas@lemm.ee
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    8•16 days ago

    Because it’s called corn in America.

    • @NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
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      You should ask the natives of the continent about that

      • @Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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        They are just earlier migrants :p

        • snooggums
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          That means they had dibs.

          • @darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
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            They were just sitting in the produce section though.

            Edit: Not too many Bojack fans around here I guess.

      • @miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5•16 days ago

        What if they’re incontinent?

  • @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    The ways of this amazing maize maze will make you praise for days til you’re in a glaze haze

    • @not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world
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      4•16 days ago

      Says you.

      • @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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        I says

  • @moody@lemmings.world
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    A maize labyrinth would be better

  • @Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    I think you mean a maize labyrinth

  • @whaleross@lemmy.world
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    Because finding your way out is a real cornundrum

  • Dark Arc
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    4•15 days ago

    Because that would be confusing

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