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    ZephyrXero@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 month ago
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      Because that would be too corny

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      A maizing mazing question.

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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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      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

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

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

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

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

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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 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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      What an amaizing shower thought

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      I think you mean a maize labyrinth

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      Because finding your way out is a real cornundrum

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      Because that would be confusing

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      Ma(i)ze ²

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        You made me realize a Maize Maze has a real part and an imaginary part.

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