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02-18-2008, 06:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highway 61 | | | When did people start calling Paul "Macca"?
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Never heard the word until I found TB. Is "Paul" too hard to say or something? |
02-18-2008, 07:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | Apparantly it was John's pet name for him.
I don't know the man well enough to ever be comfortable using it. 
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02-18-2008, 08:21 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | It's like a pet "scouse" name - Paul is very common and most people know a few, so distinguish them with nicknames!
Like fellow footballers famously call David Beckham "Becks"... 
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02-18-2008, 09:13 AM
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02-18-2008, 09:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK | | | Yeah it's well known here. I've known him as Macca for a long time.
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02-18-2008, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere in the maritimes. | | | which paul are we talking about? i've never heard "macca"
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02-18-2008, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England | | | I agree, it must be a British thing.
It's how a lot of the tabloids refer to him, and he's in them nearly every day at the moment.
It's a lot more pleasant than what they're calling his missus.
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02-18-2008, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by El-Bob  which paul are we talking about? i've never heard "macca" | The Beatle. |
02-18-2008, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by bongomania The Beatle. | well, that explains why I've never heard "Macca"
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02-18-2008, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by El-Bob which paul are we talking about? i've never heard "macca" | Depending on your religion, the only one that matters 
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02-18-2008, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by GlennW Never heard the word until I found TB. Is "Paul" too hard to say or something? |
How long has he been getting called Macca? I'd imagine since his first day in school, trust me, I'm a scouser lol 
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02-18-2008, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Metropolis_488 Depending on your religion, the only one that matters |
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02-18-2008, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GlennW Never heard the word until I found TB. Is "Paul" too hard to say or something? |
If you've never heard the word, it's your fault. You're American I assume? You've missed out. |
02-18-2008, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Wasim If you've never heard the word, it's your fault. You're American I assume? You've missed out. | I'm American and I guess I've missed out too. News to me!
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02-18-2008, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highway 61 | | | I didn't know it was a common nickname for him in Britain. Just as long as KoJo or Entertainment Tonight didn't start it...
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02-18-2008, 01:10 PM
| | | | When I was growing up in England I was sometimes called Wacca. There's no rhyme or reason to it, but it's quite a common thing I think. |
02-18-2008, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Callahan, FL | | | So how do you pronounce it?
Is it like the "Wacca wacca wacca" that the Jim Henson muppet character would say?
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02-18-2008, 01:24 PM
| | | | Exactly right. To be fair it was mainly one of my football (soccer) coaches who was a bit barmy and would just shout it from the sidelines during matches.
Luckily it didn't catch on, or else I'd probably have changed my name long ago. |
02-18-2008, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | | I'd never heard of it till recently either, I always thought it was another stupid nickname made up by The Sun or something as they do. |
02-18-2008, 01:42 PM
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