Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?
Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze?
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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
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Been around since before SSL
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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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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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What an amaizing shower thought
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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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Actually I went to one yearly in my childhood called the Maize Maze. Not in the US though.
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I think you mean a maize labyrinth
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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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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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Because finding your way out is a real cornundrum
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Because that would be confusing
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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.
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It's called a maizmorra
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For that matter, why is it called "getting corn-holed" instead of "getting maize-holed"
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My wife said because the answer is just, No.
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Because it's called corn in America.
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Because that would be too corny