Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/11/19 Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>: > > 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": > > So I would vote for using "maize" and not "corn" as maize is hyponym > of corn. > > > +1, this is what it is like in German as well (Maize=Mais, Corn=Korn > (where it is a generic term, btw. also used for certain hard spirits > deriving from cereals)). The Italians use generally "turkish grain" > (granturco), but there is also "mais" in botanic context. > Looking at the actual values: > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/crop#values > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=produce%3Dcorn > there is 9 corn vs. 6 maize and 1 corn vs. 0 maize (so it doesn't > really matter) > > As crops tend to change I am not sure how well we will be able to > maintain this kind of data, but at least we could have uniform > suggestions how to tag if someone wants to do it anyway. > > cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
I am an American, and would vote for "maize", as it is less ambiguous. The term "maize" is known in American English, it just isn't as common a usage as "corn". Incidentally, the Spanish term for the grain is "masa", and they would have been the first Europeans to encounter the plant. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
