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Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?
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Because that would be too corny
What an amaizing shower thought
One of the biggest, most famous corn maze attractions is called The Amazing Maize Maze
Been around since before SSL
A maizing mazing question.
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.
It's called a maizmorra
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.
Rookie numbers.
Because they were made from sheafs of wheat in the past.
"Corn" was the name for any grain in Britain.
A maize labyrinth would be better
Only if there's one path, no dead ends. A maze branches, a labyrinth doesn't and only winds around as one long path.
Because maize maze sounds like the start of a tongue-twister and Americans are lazy with talking.
Because that would be confusing
For that matter, why is it called "getting corn-holed" instead of "getting maize-holed"
Ma(i)ze ²
You made me realize a Maize Maze has a real part and an imaginary part.
Because it's called corn in America.
You should ask the natives of the continent about that
They are just earlier migrants :p
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.
You should ask Native Americans about that
They don't call themselves that, they call themselves by their individual tribe names...
They're not one bulk people.
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.
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.
My wife said because the answer is just, No.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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