born in Sunderland 1963, moved in the 80s and i had to guess them all. I have lost a lot of my dialect and honestly I never used dialect to talk to people. I consider myself as a Wearsider not Mackem, no idea what that is.
Knew them all straight away, born mid 80's always lived in Sunderland. Tbh, I don't hear them as much these days. I'd wager a guess the company you keep/kept will have a baring on you knowing them.
Mackems , a made up word that appeared sometime in the early 1990s. I was born and bred in the NE , worked in Sunderland for 4 years, regularly went to Roker Park and in the 28 years I lived there never heard that word. My theory is that at that time Sunderland had, as all suffering supporters know, been a yo-yo club . In and out of the top division. When Newcastle were being managed by Kevin Keegan , enjoying success and playing great football theyreceived a good deal of TV coverage . They were affectionately always referred to as the Geordies, in keeping with the fashion for nicknames. ( Their proper nickname is the Mags as in Magpies). So when Sunderland were promoted to the top tier, the TV pundits already had a “Geordies” team, so a new Nickname was dreamt up- the Mackems. And all the sheep followed. I object being called a Mackem. If you want to be pedantic about it, the true Geordies are the men of the Durham coalfield. The “toon army” are guilty of cultural appropriation.
Clown 🤡 the word mackem was a insult that the geordie shipyard workers gave to their wearside counterparts ...mackem and tackem ..I'm from Durham and yes I'm a toon fan but I ain't a geordie ...HTL
@@paulwilkinson7977 probs the way sunderland folk pronounce the word make "mak" I never understand why newcastle people say toon or doon, oot etc Them words are scottish always have been, and people from durham saying them words or some i know trying to put on a newcastle accent is very sad.
@@paulwilkinson7977 I spent time working in the Sunderland shipyards and many a Friday night drinking in the Sunderland boilermakers club down by the river. Never heard the word Mackem. Look up the history of the Davy and George Stevenson safety lamp.
I hailed. Lived in Washington till age of ten, now in Kent and definitely a Southern Softy. I still say Echo Echo read all about it when I’m in a subway/tunnel.
I delivered the Sunderland Echo from Bob Brown's paper shop in South Hylton. I got paid 25 bob a week before we went decimal. Still read the Echo today.
Wow i am from Sunderland and half of those words i have never heard of, certainly not in Sr6, maybe these are words from sr5 or south of the river. Tin helmet on lol
I've never heard of the last two and I'm a 58 year old Mackem.
Diya nar worra meen like aweh man ifya from sunlan 😂😂😂😂😂haweh thelads.
born in Sunderland 1963, moved in the 80s and i had to guess them all. I have lost a lot of my dialect and honestly I never used dialect to talk to people. I consider myself as a Wearsider not Mackem, no idea what that is.
I'm 60, born & bred in Sunderland & left 14 years ago & have always known the term Mackem. Macken & Tak Em in relation to ship building.
Knew them all straight away, born mid 80's always lived in Sunderland. Tbh, I don't hear them as much these days. I'd wager a guess the company you keep/kept will have a baring on you knowing them.
6 out of 7 … and I left Sunderland 44 years ago 😀
Mackems , a made up word that appeared sometime in the early 1990s. I was born and bred in the NE , worked in Sunderland for 4 years, regularly went to Roker Park and in the 28 years I lived there never heard that word. My theory is that at that time Sunderland had, as all suffering supporters know, been a yo-yo club . In and out of the top division. When Newcastle were being managed by Kevin Keegan , enjoying success and playing great football theyreceived a good deal of TV coverage . They were affectionately always referred to as the Geordies, in keeping with the fashion for nicknames. ( Their proper nickname is the Mags as in Magpies). So when Sunderland were promoted to the top tier, the TV pundits already had a “Geordies” team, so a new Nickname was dreamt up- the Mackems. And all the sheep followed. I object being called a Mackem. If you want to be pedantic about it, the true Geordies are the men of the Durham coalfield. The “toon army” are guilty of cultural appropriation.
I thought Mackem came from the shipyards, “we mackem they takem”
Clown 🤡 the word mackem was a insult that the geordie shipyard workers gave to their wearside counterparts ...mackem and tackem ..I'm from Durham and yes I'm a toon fan but I ain't a geordie ...HTL
@@paulwilkinson7977 probs the way sunderland folk pronounce the word make "mak"
I never understand why newcastle people say toon or doon, oot etc
Them words are scottish always have been, and people from durham saying them words or some i know trying to put on a newcastle accent is very sad.
According to the current entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest occurrence of the word Mackem or Mak’em in print was in 1988.
@@paulwilkinson7977 I spent time working in the Sunderland shipyards and many a Friday night drinking in the Sunderland boilermakers club down by the river. Never heard the word Mackem. Look up the history of the Davy and George Stevenson safety lamp.
I hailed. Lived in Washington till age of ten, now in Kent and definitely a Southern Softy. I still say Echo Echo read all about it when I’m in a subway/tunnel.
I delivered the Sunderland Echo from Bob Brown's paper shop in South Hylton. I got paid 25 bob a week before we went decimal. Still read the Echo today.
Aye i Rember that shop well,R.I.P. bobby, his son les took ower(good lad les) and the dreaded miss vipond...dirty books were canny anarl😂
I'm from Sunderland & never heard the CLEM word & meaning other than in the plural & what it means. I'm 60 & only left 14 years ago.
Wow i am from Sunderland and half of those words i have never heard of, certainly not in Sr6, maybe these are words from sr5 or south of the river. Tin helmet on lol
I'm shocked people don't know "Yem"
7/7.. obviously old school 😂
why yer naw man gan aweigh, a divven hev a clue.