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Gordon Armstrong said:
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I think you are a bit of an English grammar nut, came across these two recently
“ my first initial thought “ and “ my whole entire life “ no English grammar buff myself, but I can see there is something wrong on both counts.
 
Smug in Boots said:
Tackem does mean others took advantage.

That's why Geordies coined the phrase as an insult.

If you don't know that you should research your history.
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Sorry Smug. You are wrong. Mackem and Tackem is a phrase coined to boast of the towns shipbuilding and repairing industry. It differentiated between Sunderland and the towns that either just built or just repaired ships. A sort of “so there! Yaya ye yaya” sort of thing. If delivered by a child it would be followed by a tongue sticking out.
 
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vinkel said:
I think you are a bit of an English grammar nut, came across these two recently
“ my first initial thought “ and “ my whole entire life “ no English grammar buff myself, but I can see there is something wrong on both counts.
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Tautologies mate. We all slip into them sometime, but they are the enemy of plain English.
 
Montysoptician said:
That's right, you didn't, you said that "Britain is not a country but a union between countries", it's not, it's an island, the union is the United Kingdom
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Britain, consisted of unconnected (except by land) countries: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales was forcibly joined with England as part of the same kingdom. Scotland later voluntarily united with England and Wales and that is when Britain became known as Great Britain. That is my understanding of the subject but I could be mistaken. What this has to do with “The New Head Coach” I fail to see.
 
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Oldsandy said:
Britain, consisted of unconnected (except by land) countries: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales was forcibly joined with England as part of the same kingdom. Scotland later voluntarily united with England and Wales and that is when Britain became known as Great Britain. That is my understanding of the subject but I could be mistaken. What this has to do with “The New Head Coach” I fail to see.
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The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
 
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Chunksafc said:
This thread has gone mental, grammar and elocution lessons :emoticon-0102-bigsm

For those who's wider football knowledge is greater than mine, is it unusual for a new head coach to not bring in any of his own staff?

Is it just my outdated perception of coaches and managers that's over thinking it amd this is actually who things are these days?

I can see the logic behind keeping the backroom staff for the continuity amd minimising any upheaval, but assumed any new coach would want his own right hand man?
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I think that should be "whose", mate :emoticon-0148-yes:.
 
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Chunksafc said:
I have mate, it gets lost in the ramblings otr
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Monkey69 said:
T be honest mate I like a lot of fans am not 100% on this appointment but the more I think about it and how our club is set up the more I think it may work. Like everything there is very little difference between genius and insanity and think we are on the edge of that. My hope is that MB hits the ground running and does not look back as I believe all the noise will drown out with a few positive results.
Squad wise I think we are in the top 3 or 4 teams in the league we just need a bit of confidence with the new players and a bit patience and a bot of consistency which I have been saying since the start of the season Consistency is the key!
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Stop trying to change the subject!
 
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Oldsandy said:
Sorry Smug. You are wrong. Mackem and Tackem is a phrase coined to boast of the towns shipbuilding and repairing industry. It differentiated between Sunderland and the towns that either just built or just repaired ships. A sort of “so there! Yaya ye yaya” sort of thing. If delivered by a child it would be followed by a tongue sticking out.
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Smug's tale is definitely the more widely understaood origin story there mate.
 
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Oldsandy said:
Britain, consisted of unconnected (except by land) countries: England, Wales and Scotland. Wales was forcibly joined with England as part of the same kingdom. Scotland later voluntarily united with England and Wales and that is when Britain became known as Great Britain. That is my understanding of the subject but I could be mistaken. What this has to do with “The New Head Coach” I fail to see.
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Sandy man, I am trying to stick to the new Head Coach on this thread but you had to mention Britain again :emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsmonly jesting Sandy.
It was my feeble attempt at humour when someone posted about the Union and I obviously failed to convey that humour sufficiently well.
As an aside, Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles, which also includes the island of Ireland, Republic and Northern Ireland.
Bollocks, there I go again :emoticon-0105-wink:
 
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Montysoptician said:
Sandy man, I am trying to stick to the new Head Coach on this thread but you had to mention Britain again :emoticon-0102-bigsm:emoticon-0102-bigsmonly jesting Sandy.
It was my feeble attempt at humour when someone posted about the Union and I obviously failed to convey that humour sufficiently well.
As an aside, Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles, which also includes the island of Ireland, Republic and Northern Ireland.
Bollocks, there I go again :emoticon-0105-wink:
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Sorry! I shall restrain myself.
 
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