> As a sidenote there seems to be suggestions for "maize" and "corn", > which, if I interpret this right, are the same plant, the first being > BE and the second AE? (As we generally use BE, maybe if what I suppose > is true we should mark "corn" as deprecated?)
>From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_(disambiguation) : Corn is the name used in the United States, Canada, and Australia for the grain maize. In much of the English-speaking world, the term "corn" is a generic term for cereal crops, such as: Barley Oats Rye Wheat This certainly corresponds to my understanding, and my brother's (he's a farmer). Looking at other European languages, I think "maize" is less likely to be misunderstood; in many languages the native word is clearly a variant of "maize": http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french/maize?utm_source=searchbox&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=french&utm_content=french.about.com So I would vote for using "maize" and not "corn" as maize is hyponym of corn. Colin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
