information about using "maize" and "corn"? XD
I am familiar with the word "corn",but I just found one more word "maize" to describe "corn" today.How can I distinguish them?

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information about using "maize" and "corn"? XD
I am familiar with the word "corn",but I just found one more word "maize" to describe "corn" today.How can I distinguish them?

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My people call corn "maize", and we call french fries "chips."

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here in the philippines, it's called "mais".. similar to "maize" which also means corn :)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize

i think they're the same thing, but if you're talking about people indigenous to the americas who originally grew the stuff, you'll come across the word "maize".

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