Re: CHAT: corn (was: [CHAT] Aussie terminology question)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 11, 2005, 11:39 |
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On 11 Feb 2005, at 6.00 am, Ray Brown wrote:
> We wouldn't say *'rice corn' and 'maize corn' would be understood as a
> collective mass noun - just making clear that the corn in question is
> maize, not wheat or oats.
>
> A grain of rice or of maize is, well, just a grain of rice or maize
> :)
OTOH, we do say 'peppercorn'---and I never realised the significance of
that till today.
--
Tristan.