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Some of the translations are surely made by a Norwegian. Those are not corn, but wheat bushels. In Norwegian wheat is "korn", and corn is "mais".
by unixhero 11y ago
Some of the translations are surely made by a Norwegian. Those are not corn, but wheat bushels. In Norwegian wheat is "korn", and corn is "mais".
- arethuza 11y agoIn UK English "corn" generally means wheat - we'd call "corn" "maize": http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96522/why-does-corn-mean-maize-in-american-english http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96522/why-does-co...
- unixhero 11y agoHmmm. The plot thickens!
- dogma1138 11y agoI don't think it holds true anymore, if you go to any store in the UK now Corn will be well maize, I'm pretty sure the American definition of corn has taken over the common British definition.
- baldfat 11y agoJust like how the British word Soccer took over in America. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/why-we-call-soccer-soccer/372771/ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/why...
- HerpDerpLerp 11y agoI still think wheat when I hear corn... except corn on the cob, or sweet corn which are maize.
- Udo 11y agoIt's the same in German, probably all northern-european languages. "Korn" is a generalized term for cereal grain, and I think the best literal translation would indeed be "grain". I suspect it's related to the english "kernel".