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October 4th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
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TerBush Bulletin Board Material

The Indianopolis Star has an article on Purdue's chances of making it to the B1G championship game in Indy.  At the end, there is an interesting quote from Purdue QB Caleb TerBush that seems to be perfectly made as bulletin board material for the Michigan locker room:

 "We don't want to get caught up in looking ahead, and then you miss those games you should win," quarterback Caleb TerBush said. "We have to stay focused on the task ahead, and that's Michigan."

 

http://www.indystar.com/article/20121003/SPORTS0602/210040327/Purdue-football-Do-Boilers-what-takes-make-Indianapolis-

 

Now I don't think Michigan needs any extra incentive to play hard on Saturday; the poor play against ND and taking the first step toward winning the B1G should be enough.  And I don't blame TerBush for showing confidence, either, but his sentiment does seem like a stupid thing to say to a reporter because it can so easily be construed as meaning he sees Michigan as a trap game, a game that Purdue should definitely win. Perhaps the only reason Purdue might not win is that they are looking ahead to prepare for better teams later in their schedule.

From the context it appears he's saying something different, talking about defending the home turf, being sure to play strong at home.

Or, maybe in TerBush's eyes Purdue really has arrived and is superior to Michigan.

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | This has been bothering me for years (Score:5 Normal)
bluetell
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What kind of name is TerBush? When did 'Ter' become an acceptable prefix to a last name like it's 'Mc' or something

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | Obviously you're not from (Score:5 Normal)
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Obviously you're not from West Michigan. It's Dutch.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:16 PM | I am and I've never seen a (Score:5 Normal)
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I am and I've never seen a name start with Ter.  It's all "Van" and "De" and ending in "stra" and "sma".  The ultimate combo?  VanDerVriesma.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:28 PM | It's always a fun game to come up with the most dutch names (Score:2)
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Vanderheisboer

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October 4th, 2012 at 8:32 PM | Jan Vennegoor of Hesslink (Score:3 Normal)
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Jan Vennegoor of Hesslink

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October 4th, 2012 at 9:19 PM | Wow.  That name is (Score:4 Normal)
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Wow.  That name is breathtakingly Dutch.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:31 PM | For The Record... (Score:3 Normal)
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Actually, "ter" (which I believe means "at" in Dutch)  is sort of like "van", "de", "der", etc... and the German "von" in the sense that it indicates that the surname is geographic in origin, at least typically.

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October 4th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | Von also indicates that one is a member of the aristocracy (Score:1 Normal)
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in German.  

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:34 PM | OK we'll the high school I (Score:5 Funny)
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OK we'll the high school I went no in GR had a TerVeen, a TerMeer and one others can't recall. It's certainly not as common as a Vandenberg, Dykema or Zuiderveen, but its not rare enough to make a post complaining about it.

Find your old West Michigan white pages and go to the Ter section and you'll see.

October 4th, 2012 at 2:02 PM | John Madden cooks a Terduckin (Score:5 Funny)
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John Madden cooks a Terduckin every thanksgiving, so it's not that obscure...

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:04 PM | Damn Dutch. (Score:2 Normal)
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Damn Dutch.

October 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM | If you ain't Dutch, you ain't (Score:4 Normal)
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If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much!

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:43 PM | Let me guess. There are only 2 things you hate in the world. (Score:5 Normal)
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People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:44 PM | beat me to it (Score:5 Normal)
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October 4th, 2012 at 2:04 PM | When I first came to GR in (Score:1)
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When I first came to GR in 5th grade, I saw a class list and thought DeJong was Asian.  I had never lived in a Dutch enclave before and didn't know the names.  Now I live in Hudsonville..........

October 4th, 2012 at 2:28 PM | Hudsonville (Score:3 Normal)
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More like slutsonville! Jenison FTW.

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October 4th, 2012 at 4:09 PM | Hey now, my wife grew up in (Score:1)
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Hey now, my wife grew up in Jenison and still teaches there.  I have no beef with ya'll, come have some onions out of our muck fields......

October 4th, 2012 at 4:16 PM | No, his post is saying (Score:3 Normal)
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No, his post is saying Jenison good, Hudsonville bad. Considering my dad went to Jenison, and I lost to Hudsonville in football more than once (including the playoffs, assholes) I can get on board with that.

Also, my Grandmother was the secretary at Sandy Hill Elementary for like 50 years.

October 4th, 2012 at 4:41 PM | I know, which is why I said I (Score:1)
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I know, which is why I said I have no beef with Jenison.   My wife grew up there and teaches at the same school your grandmother was the secretary at.  I didn't even know there was a big rivalry between Jenison and Husdonville.  If it makes you feel better she will be cheering on Jenison against GRCHS (my alma mater) tomorrow at the Kid Cats game.  I would go and cheer them on as well but I work. 

+1 for epic thread drift.

October 4th, 2012 at 8:58 PM | Hudsonville talk on MGoBlog? (Score:2)
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Never thought I'd see the day. I'm a UCHS grad, worked in the muck as a kid, and yes, I'm Dutch.

Quick hits:

Most Dutch name might be VanKlompenBerg (knew a few of those growing up).

My son is named Ezra...for the Bible book not the band

Married a Dutch girl from Chicago with an Italian last name

Hudsonville ice cream not made in Hudsonville (formerly Burnips, now in Holland)

October 4th, 2012 at 9:12 PM | Oh, I didn't realize the (Score:3 Normal)
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Oh, I didn't realize the Hudsonville factory left Burnips.  We used to drive by there leaving our "vacation home" in Dorr.

October 4th, 2012 at 10:05 PM | Vacation Home in Dorr (Score:3 Normal)
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Was eating at Bunker Hill considered "All Inclusive"?

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:57 PM | You left out the most important ending (Score:3 Normal)
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The 'inga' as in Wayne Huizinga.

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:16 PM | All the more reason to give (Score:3 Normal)
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All the more reason to give your kid a Jewish first name like Caleb.

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:25 PM | Jewish Name? (Score:2)
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Caleb is a jewish name?  I've always thought the opposite, or at the very least thought it went commonly went both ways. 

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:57 PM | Caleb is a figure... (Score:3 Normal)
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...in the Book of Numbers, ergo it's both a Hebrew and Biblical name.

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:14 PM | However (Score:5 Normal)
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You get myriad uninformed people that think it sounds neat and choose to name their kids Caleb anyway.  I am going to make up a completely false statistic now.  82% of children named Caleb after 1990 were named that because it sounds neat while only 17% were named that due to the biblical/Hebrew ties.  The other 1% were named such due to their parents inability to spell Charles correctly.

October 4th, 2012 at 5:23 PM | Looks like (Score:2)
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Looks like someone had their girl stolen by a guy named Caleb.

Let it go bro. HALOL

HAIL.

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October 4th, 2012 at 6:20 PM | Wait, you mean all those kids (Score:2)
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Wait, you mean all those kids named Jacob probably aren't Hebrew either?  Damn.

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October 4th, 2012 at 3:15 PM | Don't even (Score:2)
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Ergo there.

October 4th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | Sad Truth (Score:3 Normal)
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Unfortunately, most people do not know why the Biblical Caleb was given his name. He was from a mixed family, rather than being exclusively Israelites. Thus,  they called him by a derogatory slur--- Caleb="Dog" in Biblical Hebrew.

The name became popluar in our society because Caleb was a great hero of the faith... but they fail to understand the true meaning of his name.

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October 4th, 2012 at 10:09 PM | BOOM! (Score:2 Normal)
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We just got reverended.(I meant that in a nice way)

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October 5th, 2012 at 10:25 AM | Perhaps... (Score:2)
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...but I think you're confusing "true meaning" with "original meaning". Meaning changes and as you rightly noted, Caleb was a hero of the faith. Therefore, the current meaning of his name is more complex than its original derogatory connotation. 

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:36 PM | I thought you were Van der (Score:0 Overrated)
October 4th, 2012 at 1:24 PM | Actually I am from West Michigan (Score:2)
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and I've seen plenty of Van's, Ny's, and Vander's but never a Ter

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:30 PM | From what I read it is (Score:2)
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From what I read it is Armenian and it  signifies that this person has a patrilineal ancestor who was a priest.

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October 4th, 2012 at 6:28 PM | Are you thinking of Cohen, (Score:2)
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Are you thinking of Cohen, which has that meaning in Hebrew?

October 4th, 2012 at 1:10 PM | TerBush (Score:1)
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I don't think we need any extra incentive.  Also, I don't think he is sounding too overly confident, I mean I guess a bit.  I would hope that in his eyes Purdue is better than Michigan, because I sure thought that Michigan was better than Alabama going into that game.

Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:10 PM | I didn't read it that way, at (Score:5 Normal)
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I didn't read it that way, at all.  Was expecting what he said to read like a Thorin post.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | Ummmmmmm (Score:5 Normal)
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I must be missing something...i'm sure everyone says that

October 4th, 2012 at 1:12 PM | Brau.....Nothing to see here move along! (Score:1)
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It's not like the guy said anything worth posting on.

He wants to stay focused.....like Daniel-son.

 

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October 4th, 2012 at 1:12 PM | The thing i find so funny in (Score:5 Normal)
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The thing i find so funny in all of this, is just because we lost to Bama and imploded at ND.  Everyone thinks we can't even compete with average B1G teams anymore..

 

I guess we should of played more scrub teams so we could of averaged 40+ pts a game like purdue did.. Then we would of at least been 3-1 and been heavily favored in the game

October 4th, 2012 at 1:48 PM | grammar lesson for the day (Score:5 Normal)
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alright, I'll be that guy: would HAVE, man, not "would of".  You're bastardizing the contraction would've.  By no means am I a perfect grammarian, but that one bugs the crap out of me.

 

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October 4th, 2012 at 4:44 PM | It's "all right" (Score:1 Normal)
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Not "alright."  Check your Strunk and White.  Grammar Lesson No. 2.

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October 4th, 2012 at 5:58 PM | Not in that context.  You say (Score:2 Normal)
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Not in that context.  You say "all right" when describing something as being in order.  "How are you feeling?"  "I'm feeling all right."  

When using it merely as filler, usually at the beginning or end of a sentence, you say "alright."   

"Are you sure you aren't sick?"  "I said I'm fine, alright?"

October 5th, 2012 at 8:44 AM | Not really (Score:1)
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Actually, no, it is never standard grammar to use "alright" instead of "all right." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/all+right

Of course, everyone knows what "alright" means, so it's a word in that sense. Also, the merits of standard or prescriptive grammar (not descriptive grammar) are debatable. 

If I had to choose one, then I'd pick "alright" over "would of." I'd pick both over "then" used incorrectly in place of "than."

Aight?

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October 5th, 2012 at 1:21 PM | "would of"? What strange language are you speakin'? (Score:2)
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Everyone knows it's woulda.

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October 5th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | Good 'ol (Score:1)
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Good 'ol Muphry's Law.

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October 4th, 2012 at 2:14 PM | Well it really depends on (Score:2)
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Well it really depends on whether you think Denard's preformances against Alabama and ND are an aberation due to good defense or bad luck, or if you think it's a constant that will continue throughout the season.  I would like to think that counting on multiple turnovers every game from Denard is wishful thinking and a sign that you're outmatched if that's what it takes to win.   But I also can't fault them for thinking that way at this point.

October 4th, 2012 at 1:13 PM | Sounds like a variation on (Score:0 Normal)
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