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OkSince MAK was a shortened version of MAKE. MACK was never a shortened version of MAKE.
Nearly right. It was traditionally the people of Canny auld Sun’land that they used to say “ Where they mak em and tak em, the salt o’ the earth”. Not just shipyard workers. The story of Wear built ships being sent to the Tyne being mentioned in how Mackem came about is absolute bollocks.Sorry mate but shipbuilders and repairers on the Wear were known as Mackem and Tackems. It's never been written makem