Interesting programme now on Ch 5, but why do they keep referring to "Wearside jack" as a Geordie?
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Interesting programme now on Ch 5, but why do they keep referring to "Wearside jack" as a Geordie?
Aye. All the time I was at uni I was called a Geordie. You just went with the flow back then but corrected them by saying you weren’t from Newcastle.Wouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
The interviews were conducted recently, not back in the late 70's.Wouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
Wouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
I first heard it early 80sWouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
Wouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
Because the Ginger Piss Biscuit signed for "tha toon" on a freeInteresting programme now on Ch 5, but why do they keep referring to "Wearside jack" as a Geordie?
Interesting programme now on Ch 5, but why do they keep referring to "Wearside jack" as a Geordie?
I get that, but read my earlier post.Because at the time we all sang, on the terraces, "We all agree, Jack the Ripper's a Geordie."
In those days, irrespective of what people now claim to the contrary, we sang about being Geordies every week.
I get that, but read my earlier post.
Wouldn’t Geordie have been the common used term back then? When did Mackem come into usage?
Me too, all the time. Got the When The Boat Comes In song sung a few times too. Didn`t bother me. Just a bit of banter and usually replied with a Cockney, Scouser or Brummie reference depending on which they were closest too and if I didn`t know, I`d just call them a Cockney anyway..Aye. All the time I was at uni I was called a Geordie. You just went with the flow back then but corrected them by saying you weren’t from Newcastle.