Subject: Thanks for the help regarding origin of corn...

From: Scott Begg <[email-masked]>
Date: 22 Apr 1996 08:24:03 GMT

I wish to thank all those who came to my assistance and resolved the 
issue of the appearance of the word "corn" in Europe centuries before the 
discovery of _Zea mays_ in the New World... I guess the best way of 
looking at it was the most direct, and the one I unfortunately failed to 
consider, i.e., the differences in vernacular and usage.  Oh well, silly 
me!  ("D'OHHH!!!"  --Homer J. Simpson)

     Again, thanks to everyone for the help!