WotD: ear of corn; corncob

1. der Maiskolben
2. de maïskolf
3. la mazorca de maíz, la panoja, el elote; el olote
4. la panotxa, la panolla
5. l'épi de maïs; la rafle de maïs
6. y dywysen india-corn; y cobyn (india-corn)
7. an dias arbhair (Indiaigh)
8. kolba kukurydzy
9. 옥수수대, 옥수수 알 ; 옥수수자루, 호박벌
10. 玉米條 yùmǐtiáo, 玉米棒子 yùmǐtiáobàngzi; 玉米芯 yùmǐxīn

Notes: This is a messier table than usual because, as I was compiling it, I realised that not all languages distinguish consistently between the ear (i.e. the cob with the grains still attached) and the cob. For that matter, English doesn't; I'm as likely to hear (or say) "I had three cobs of corn" as "I had three ears".

After a long delay due to the inclemently cool growing season, the first Mirai corn is making it to market. I manfully limited myself to one ear last night; the truth is I could've eaten my way through our entire stock, cooked or not. SO GOOD.

RIP, Edmond Dantès

I know I speak for many of us when I say that John Hughes' death left me with a crushing sense of disappointment.

In my case, however, the disappointment stems from not being able to find a clip of that Jay and Silent Bob rant about "Shermer, Illinoise". So all I have at my disposal is the screenplay:

Oh yeah. See, all these movies take place in a
town called Shermer, in Illinois. And there's all
this fine bush running around, and we could kick
all the dudes' asses because they're all whiney
pussies. Except Judd Nelson - he was harsh. But
best of all, there was no one selling weed. So I
says to Silent Bob "Man, we could live phat if we
were the blunt-connection in Shermer, Illinois!"
So we collected some cash we were owed, and caught
a bus. But when we got here, you know what we found
Out? There is no Shermer in Illinois. What kind
of shit is that?! Fucking movies are bullshit!