LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 05.NOV.1999 (08) [E]

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From: Pat Reynolds [pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L: "Makentak" [E]

This was written by a friend, on another list (in Nordhymbron
(Northumbrian):

Ha'd on there, bonny lad! Just div vint start:  If we'ya taaki'n
dialects heeya, it'll be nae tym at aal befower sum soft Suthna
[Lyk  a Tyke,  or  a Makentak , or even a bliddy  Tynesider] oppens
there gob; then naebody will knaa what the Hell anybody's taakin'
aboot!

The word that caught my eye was 'Makentak', which my friend says is a
resident of Durham, with the etymology "if they cannat
mak' it, they'll tak' it".  Has anyone come across this before?

(Translation: Hold on a bit, mate.  Just don't start: if we are talking
about dialects here, it'll be no time at all before some soft Southerner
(like a Yorkshireman, Durham resident or even a bloody Tynesider) opens
their mouth: then nobody will know what the Hell anybodys talking
about!)

With best wishes to all,
--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
   "It might look a bit messy now, but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

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