A field of corn under a blue sky in Vampula, Finland. Photo by kallerna. Per the Oxford English Dictionary, Corn = 'The seed of the cereal or farinaceous plants as a produce of agriculture; grain.' Practically speaking it is used to denote the chie…  | Nicola Griffith March 6 |  A field of corn under a blue sky in Vampula, Finland. Photo by kallerna. Per the Oxford English Dictionary, Corn = 'The seed of the cereal or farinaceous plants as a produce of agriculture; grain.' Practically speaking it is used to denote the chief cereal crop of a district. Corn can be wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, rice or more depending on the era and/or geographic region of use. I've just had what feels like the hundred billionth reader inform me that, with all due respect, Hild is quite wrong to talk about corn in 7th-century Britain. And for the hundred billionth time I've politely responded that, actually, no, there's no mistake. To Hild, corn is wheat, not maize. The next edition of Hild will contain a note to that effect. Once that's done I'll stop responding to this topic. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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