>Omelet wrote:
>>In article >,
>> "Giusi" > wrote:
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>>>In much of Europe corn means whatever grain is normally grown
>>>there, ears of corn means wheat in many places.
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>>I did not know about the corn reference, thanks! So what do they
>>call "corn" when being specific?
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>Probably "maize". Corn seems to be generic for grain in many places.
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>gloria p

If I recall correctly: Corn means wheat in England; oats in Scotland
and Ireland.

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