'Maize' is a better word than 'corn'

Responses to the rebuttals:My opponent refuted my 'maze' arguement by saying that children prefer corn mazes to normal mazes, and that 'maize maze' is a silly name. 'Maize maze' is in fact a very widely-used term. For example, renowned maze designer Adrian Fisher calls them 'maize mazes'. (1) Moreover, repeating syllables are very cute. In Chinese, a common way of creating a cute nickname is doubling a syllable in someone's name. Why did everyone just adore the Fuwa during the Beijing Olympics Games in 2008, even though the designs were really bland? There's no doubt that the cute names of the Fuwa had an effect: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini. If they were called, say, Hezuo, Heping, Heqi, Hemu and Hexie, the public would not have been so kind on them.My opponent also rebutted my 'parono-maize-ia' argument by referring to my puns. While I admit that my puns may not have been that funny, please don't forget that every day, people skilled in the art of humour - comedians - make the world roar with laughter with their clever puns. Maize would remind people of the comedians' a-maize-ing parono-maize-sia, while corn would remind people of the corniest jokes ever.My opponent also mentioned that 'maize' is less favoured because people do not include the word 'maize' anywhere. However, I will remind my opponent that nothing is better than the cornucopia of nasty words with 'corn', such as 'scorn' and 'cornball'.Finally, my opponent mentioned a word which unfortunately rhymes with 'maize', 'tase'. 'Tase' is an uncommon word and it is unlikely that people will be reminded of 'tase' when they eat. Moreover, 'tasing' is an effective way of controlling people who would otherwise lose control. One isolated case of misuse does not mean that it is in any way a negative influence. However, the rhymes of 'corn' that I mention are common unpleasant words.My opponent has not explained why corn is 'thought-provoking' and not plain 'corn-fusing'.Rebuttals to my opponent's arguments:My opponent wrote that the popularity of the words 'cornbread' and 'cornmeal' shows that 'maize bread' and 'maize meal' 'sound wrong'. I would argue that the United States' influence in the international community, in particular the international culinary community, is the main reason why we hear 'cornmeal' and not 'maizemeal'. In many parts of the world, you cannot walk ten metres without seeing at least one McDonald's, KFC or Burger King. McDonald's, KFC and Burger King all sell you corn, not maize. However, when was the last time you saw a British fast food chain that sells you maize?More arguments:1. 'Maize' is kinder to language learners.Firstly, 'corn' has more than one meaning, and that makes it completely confusing. Outside the United States, 'corn' can refer to wheat, oats and other types of grain. Usually, it is understood to refer to the dominant type of grains that is produced in an area. As a learner, I got confused myself when I was small.Moreover, cognates of 'maize' appear in numerous other languages. These languages include Albanian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and so on. This is good news for both speakers of English who learn these languages and speakers of these languages who learn English.2. Etymologically, 'maize' is better than 'corn'.The maize plant originates from Latin America. (2) 'Maize' comes from Spanish 'maiz', which comes from Arawakan 'mahiz' (3), so using 'maize' is a good way to pay respect to those who first cutivated maize. However, the Americans restricted 'corn' (see the above argument for the original meaning of 'corn') to maize by first using the term 'Indian corn', then dropping the adjective. Therefore, the original meaning of 'corn from the Americas' is lost. Therefore, 'maize' is, etymologically, more accurate than 'corn'.(1) http://maizemaze.com...;(2) http://www.answers.com...(3) http://www.etymonline.com...;