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Subject: Re: Fw: [Tyneside] First recorded use of "mackem"
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 08:38:04 EDT

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Mackem
Wanted: Printed evidence before 1991; information of the word's origin.
A supporter of Sunderland AFC, or more generally someone who lives in
Sunderland or Wearside. The OED's entry is still in draft and is one of those where
the earliest evidence comes from the Internet - a Usenet usergroup, though
the origin suggested there - relating to making cups of tea - differs from
other theories, such as making ships.

This tends to support my view that it's origin is post 1970s, and has a
football origin.
Regards Stan Mapstone
www.mapstone.org

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