For Merry me auld marra
most popular belief for the term 'Mackem'.
As yya knaar we tark a bit mare proper than other blokies' like!
So while you lot say take or make, we say tak or mak, now....... as yer all knaar Canny auld Sun'land was once the shipbuilding mecca of UK and we used to make and take our ships arl ower the world.
Hence the term mackem n tackem.......the word mackem stuck
Av nee doubt the doubters from that area 10 miles or so just North of us will have differing views but there you go
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