| Author | Message | ||
     b.j.barnes (68.7.67.13) |
I have always been taught that corn was indigenous to the Americas (North and South) but I keep running into the word "corn" used to describe a grain used in Ancient Egypt. Also used to describe a form made and put into the tombs as a corn god. I cannot find anyplace on the internet that tells me there was corn in Ancient Egypt. Can someone put me straight on this subject. It is driving me(even more)nutz. b.j.  http://www.cyberspaceag.com/cornhistory.html | ||
| Rick (24.25.208.10) |
B.J. I made the same mistake many years ago. "Corn" is actually "barley" I think as in "Barleycorn". | ||
| jd degreef (213.177.133.65) |
b.j., "Corn" is an American word for maize, but originally "corn" means wheat (see also German Korn, Dutch Koren, etc.). JD | ||
| andi (212.116.174.119) |
corn is generally used for the main cereal of a region: in scotland that would be oats, in most of europe wheat, in america maize. | ||
| b.j.barnes (68.7.67.13) |
Rick, JD and Andy: Corn means barley! Corn means wheat!!Corn means oats!!! Good Grief!!!! And I have the nerve to talk about hieroglyphs being hard to understand!! I could understand using "grain" a lot easier! Ah, well. Thanks for your answers. b.j. |
