Washington Post article on Nike's version of Michigan maize
The Washington Post has a brief article today on the version of maize that Nike will bring (or bring back) to Michigan.
Title: "Farewell, maize: Nike introduces a brand-new shade of yellow to Michigan."
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/07/20/farewell-m…
EDIT: The first commenter (not me, I swear) to the WaPo article: "It's not maize."
So the debate continues...
Windsor Maize?
IIRC, some one has this in their tag line.
East German Judge if I am not mistaken. Most of the time I dont get to the tag line as I am staring at the Alison or Jessica gifs.
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An interview with Journey once said that they just made up "South Detroit" because it sounded good with the rest of the lyrics. They are not singing about it as a real place.
There's no actual stairway to heaven either. Bummer.
The O'jays said there is...Don't you wanna go? Don't you wanna goooooo?
It's a joke about the band Journey created "South Side Detroit" line in "Don't stop believing."
Yes, I know. They also didn't create anything. Every city in the history of direction has had a south side.
They should play it at Red Wings games.
What's that south of Detroit? Canada.
The southern area of Detroit is known as the Southwest side.
In the city of Detroit and every other city, there is a north, west, east, and south side. Why is that so hard to comprehend?
I used to be in the exact same boat as you on this. But after thinking about it a little more, I think the distinguishment needs to be made between south" and "southern". South is primarily a noun, and southern is primarily an adjective. When you use "south" with a city, it is in order to become a proper noun and denote a specifically recognized and named area.
If they really are just referring to the geographically ambigious south part of Detroit, the correct way to say it would be "southern Detroit". By saying South Detroit, it is creating a proper noun and assuming that is an established place.
That's why South Africa and southern Africa mean different things. Or southern America and South America.
It still doesn't explain why people think "South Detroit" would mean Windsor though. That joke still sucks.
Look up "South" in a dictionary and you will surely find it categorized both as a noun and an adjective. In the movie Tin Cup, they repeatedly refer to the winds of West Texas. They are not referring to a proper city. They are using it as an adjective to describe the western part of the state and nothing about that is incorrect. Texans do not say Western Texas, they say West Texas, and they are not incorrect.
I like your post, but I don't agree with it absolutely.
Detroit does not have a 'South Side'. Just as Chicago's 'East Side' would be in Lake Michigan, south of downtown Detroit is the river and then Windsor. Look at a map. Detroit does have a Southwest side though.
East Detroit isn't actually east of Detroit. It's north.
What you said makes absolutely no sense and it makes my head hurt.
If I look south OF the city of Detroit, yes, I see Windsor.
And if I look southwest OF the city of Detroit, I see Dearborn.
And if I look north OF the city of Detroit, I see Ferndale
And if I look east OF the city of Detroit, I see Grosse Pointe.
That word "OF" makes all the difference in the world, and you breeze over it oblivious to its impact.
If you say there's a Southwest side of Detroit, you're referring to the part of the map, WITHIN the city limits on the lower west side. And by that admission alone, I can point to the general southern part of the map, WITHIN the city limits and say THAT is South Detroit, or southern Detroit, or whatever other symantic loophole you or anybody else wants to use.
There's a south side of Detroit. It's the part of Detroit furthest south. That's South Detroit. There's also a North Detroit, a West Detroit, an East Detroit (not Eastpointe), a Central Detroit. A Northwestern Detroit and any other directional descriptor you can possibly think of.
And invariably, somebody will now reply that "Nobody says south Detroit!" Who the hell cares if it's commonly used? There's undoubtedly a south side of my back yard. Stop by. We can stand on my deck, have a beer and I'll point it out. It's the part of my yard furthest south. Has anybody ever said, "I'm going to South Backyard"? Nope. Never. Does that mean it doesn't exist? No. That's f***ing stupid.
I can tell my wife our lawn is drying out and we desperately need to water the south backyard. Guess where she's going to concentrate her watering efforts? The part of the lawn in the mf'ing south.
South Detroit. The south part. Right there on any map. 75 & Schaefer.
Any other answer is idiotic and I will neg the shit out of the person that posts it, both in this thread and every other thread to come, regardless of topic. You're earning lifetime auto-negs with this stupid shit.
(P.S. There is an actual East Side of Chicago. It's not in the f***ing lake, that would be east OF Chicago. The East Side of Chicago is the side furthest East. Go to Google maps, check out I-90 between 100th and 106th street. Gasp!)
South Side Detroit Maze? Wouldn't want to get lost in there. Sounds dangerous.
Hurrah for the Amarillo and Blue.
Marissa Payne. Michigan alum? Anyone know?
Dunno. Her bio is breif, but apparently she loves WWE.
She likes cats....
Yes she does.
She wrote "blue and maize" smh
"The new Nike apparel, much of which features Michigan’s black-letter 'M' logo alongside Nike’s Jumpman logo, will hit shelves at midnight on Aug. 1."
Um, no. That's block-letter M. Check for typos on those blog posts, WaPo!
I love how people post this comment in such a manner that it sounds like it's some sort of ground breaking opinion as opposed to something people have been complaining about since the announcement of the Jordan brand.
There would have been a better fit for my comment eventually, but I was headed out the door. Every time this comes up someone posts something like, "Does anyone else think it's weird to have a football player on a basketball jersey?" The answer is obviously yes. There are several people who think it is weird.
It's totally fine to think it's weird. I get it. I don't think it is weird, but I understand why others do.
Repeat after me . . . recruits like it, so we like it.
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Recruits like it, so we like it.
So I dont like it.
Recruits like it, so we like it.
Recruits like it, so we like it. Also I honestly can't want to load up on jumpman Michigan gear, and I havent bought anything more than a M hat in the past 5 or 6 years. Jumpman is going to have to seeing Michigan gear back on the streets in full force
Recruits like it, so we find a way to bitch about it
Recruits like it so we like it.
Yamaha made musical instruments, starting with pianos (their logo is three tuning forks). Why would anyone ride a motorcycle made by a piano company?
OK, I'm out of touch... does anyone still ride Yamaha motorcycles?
But Yamaha painos do sound pretty good (for a cheap piano).
started making aircraft engines before they made made motorcycles and then cars. Their logo still pays homage to their aircraft days with the white propeller moving across the blue sky.
and their fighter jet business has outlasted their car business.
And Coke makes a soft drink and a pretty good recreational party drug.
when coca cola was first produced.
I'd like them to go back to the original formula.