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Winger
Knows.If you believe that you are a fool, please tell me the first time you heard the term makem? Before that it was mak n taks, geordies taking the piss out of the Sunderland accent. I am a Durham lad, when I was born Sunderland was in County Durham, I am what you describe as a 'pit yacker'. You are insulting a large percentage of supporters who attend SAFC matches and at the same time accepting a geordie insult and wearing it as a badge of honour. What a wanker you are!
FTM.
I used to drink in newcastle city centre from 1976 to 1982, the first time I ever heard the word mackem was in 1982 when some mag found out I was from Sunderland. He shout "your a Mackem" I said a what, he said a Mackem and tackem followed by wheez keez a theez. The first time I heard someone from Sunderland call themselves a Mackem was at Roker Park, the last night time game ever there when we played Southampton in 1999. The crowd were singing a song about being Geordies and he started shouting "we're not Geordies were Mackem".
It makes me sad now when young people think being called a Mackem is a compliment.
Bollox. Never happened.This is bollocks, people need to stop stating it as fact. From the age of 4 (in 1979) I was instructed by my Grandfather "never let anyone call you a geordie Son. You're a Mackem and make sure you tell them that"
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