Re: Aussie terminology question
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 7, 2005, 10:21 |
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:31:13 +1100, Tristan McLeay
<conlang@...> wrote:
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> On 7 Feb 2005, at 4.48 pm, Philip Newton wrote:
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> > Like "corn", which can mean "wheat", "barley", or "maize" depending on
> > the region? (And probably other things in other places, too. Perhaps
> > it means "rice" in India?)
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> Do people actually use 'corn' to mean anything other than 'maize'? (I
> understand Brits call corn 'maize', but that's a different question.)
> If so, perhaps sort-of like corn, but in Australia 'corn' means
> 'maize', but the dominant grain is wheat.
AHD4 says "Chiefly British. Any of various cereal plants or grains,
especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such
as wheat in England or oats in Scotland." (So my "barley" was
misremembered.)
I daresay that "a cornfield" would be interpreted as a field of wheat
in England, but not having lived there, I cannot say that for certain.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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