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Do the British say corn or maize?
Mar. 22nd, 2013 09:28 amPosted this on Freaky Trigger:
I am here to report that it took me till age 59 to notice that invalid ("being without foundation or force in fact, truth, or law; logically inconsequent") and invalid ("suffering from disease or disability; sickly; of, relating to, or suited to one that is sick") are both spelled the same.
The only rhyming word that Merriam Webster could unearth is "corn salad."
Do the British say "corn" or "maize"?
British recipes maize = About 20,300,000 results (0.39 seconds); British recipes corn = About 1,560,000 results (0.32 seconds). But the first hit on each is Cooks.com English Pea Corn Salad, whose first link is Shoe Peg Corn Salad. First hit when I Google boot heel corn salad is "Missouri's Bootheel Region is Fertile Ground." First hit when I Google yummy shoe tree dessert is "Vidal, California: Shoe Tree - Gone," but I believe that Google believed that I actually meant "desert." Here are photos. Hot boot polish sundae gets us arts and crafts projects where sundae and shoe polish are different items, the former only linked. No boot mentioned, so Google lied.
I am here to report that it took me till age 59 to notice that invalid ("being without foundation or force in fact, truth, or law; logically inconsequent") and invalid ("suffering from disease or disability; sickly; of, relating to, or suited to one that is sick") are both spelled the same.
The only rhyming word that Merriam Webster could unearth is "corn salad."
Do the British say "corn" or "maize"?
British recipes maize = About 20,300,000 results (0.39 seconds); British recipes corn = About 1,560,000 results (0.32 seconds). But the first hit on each is Cooks.com English Pea Corn Salad, whose first link is Shoe Peg Corn Salad. First hit when I Google boot heel corn salad is "Missouri's Bootheel Region is Fertile Ground." First hit when I Google yummy shoe tree dessert is "Vidal, California: Shoe Tree - Gone," but I believe that Google believed that I actually meant "desert." Here are photos. Hot boot polish sundae gets us arts and crafts projects where sundae and shoe polish are different items, the former only linked. No boot mentioned, so Google lied.
