How much is one "ear"? Swedish girl confused...

[Mona]

How much is one ear of corn?
Never heard of the word. Noone else has.
Would be really glad to know so I can go on and make som buckwheat bread!

:)

[Missvanilla]

I think that it should be an entire cob?
I am not sure either... uhm... Italian girl confused here :D

[juliebove]

Ear = cob.

[Selena]

Hihi... I love this thread. Americans have a lot of confusing words and expressions (lend me an ear...) I am from Norway (hi Mona) and there were a lot of things I didn't understand when I spent two years studying in the states.

One of my friends said 'Word' to me while chatting on AiM and I was so confused, asking her 'What word?' thinking I had misspelled something :)

[Veganforlife]

Hey! I'm a confused American girl. I would think one ear/cob of corn would equal what? About a half a cup?:confused:

[JGex]

Hey! I'm a confused American girl. I would think one ear/cob of corn would equal what? About a half a cup?:confused:

Depends on how big the ear is....

Judy <--- smarty pants

:D

[Veganforlife]

Huh? Can't hear you. My 'ears' are too small!!!

[Mona]

Thank you for all the funny answers :D

So, its probably the corn of one cob, I´ll go with that....

[Pierre]

An ear is also called a spike, though I think "ear" is more commonly used of corn and "spike" of other grains. "Ear" of corn and "ear" that you hear with are unrelated words. In French it's "épi", which is the cognate of "spike". The cob is the inner part remaining after removing the kernels from the ear.

Then there's "corn". In America, corn is maize, while elsewhere, other grains are called corn.

A cob is also a bird whose mate is a pen.

[JGex]

Pierre, you either have a most remarkable memory ability, or one heck of a set of encyclopedias next to your desk!!!

;)

[Ireland]

But wait! There's more! :D

Cob:
1. a male swan
2. a short legged, thick set horse.
3. a mixture of clay and straw used as a building material.

Oh, the list goes on and on. I'm so glad I don't have to learn English - me thinks it wouldn't be so easy!

[Pierre]

And the female swan can be enclosed with the pig or with criminals, and either way, if you write about her, you write with a pen about the pen in the pen.

So is "make cob without straw" going to replace "make bricks without straw"?

[eatyourbroccoli]

Hihi... I love this thread. Americans have a lot of confusing words and expressions (lend me an ear...) I am from Norway (hi Mona) and there were a lot of things I didn't understand when I spent two years studying in the states.

One of my friends said 'Word' to me while chatting on AiM and I was so confused, asking her 'What word?' thinking I had misspelled something :)

i never realized this until i spent a semester in rome and roomed with a girl from russia. id be like "hey..wanna head to the store with me?" or "can you grab the door? im trying to throw this paper together.." and shed look at me confused. didnt realize how little our language can make sense sometimes :p

[Mona]

yeah thats right, you think you know the language from school but of course you come up with new words and expressions over there as well as we do in Sweden. Some of your new words find their way to us the hollywood-movie-way. And sooner or later they become a part of the Swedish language. Since we watch a lot of American movies we catch up. A Swedish way to say that something is "fucked up" : Uppfuckat.. Words like "tacky" or "mainstream" or "fitness" or "shit" are as common to us as any Swedish words. It´s interesting....

[JGex]

Ireland, you and Pierre are cracking me up!!

[Ireland]

Oh but it's not fair to enclose the pen in the pen! Pens must be free and they also must be allowed to write about what flows...just like the pen and cob that flow ever so gracefully over the water. :D

Umm...didn't this all start with some "corny" joke? Oh? It was no joke?

[Pierre]

Corn has ears, potatoes have eyes. So one can be cobdeaf or spudblind. ;)

[Missvanilla]

Corn has ears, potatoes have eyes. So one can be cobdeaf or spudblind. ;)

:confused: sigh... I can understand how I will never be able to be really fluent in english, no matter how much I try... anyhow Pierre, you are expanding my mind here!:D

[luckitri]

He is always like that. I think it is wonderful. But I am a little afraid to be slow around him however.

Pierre, I really appreciate your grasp of the language and your humor with it.

[Frecs]

And, each time I call Britain from here in The South (US), I realize that we here in America don't speak the same language as our cousins across the pond! I love the accent, though!

(Oh, and I dream of building my own cob-house! A nice, round cob-house.....)