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Likely, the more popular option will be known as "Oven baked ground corn". The less popular, more contextual option would have an attached qualifier to distinguish it from the one most people want, such as "Oven baked ground corn porridge". That will of course lead to regional differences, but that's normal.



Wat? You've just shown how your nomenclature is less exact and more likely to be misunderstood than simply using "corn bread" and "polenta."


Anything that becomes common will eventually degenerate into such inexactitudes.

These sorts of things are already present in food terminology - "chips", "jelly", "bacon". In practice, they don't really bother people.




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