When did people start calling Paul "Macca"?

[odin70]

it must be short for McCartney

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

it must be short for McCartney

Wow - ya don't say!!??

 

[iamthebassman]

it must be short for McCartney

Thank you Prof. Obvious.

 

[Kink Rimson]

Whwn I was at college, nobody from outside a certain area knew what a 'cheesybug' is.

 

[on1ne]

I always thought it was something made up by one of the tabloids like they call Michael Jackson "Jack-O". Just a shorter name so they can make the headlines bigger on the page. It just kind of stuck.

 

[nysbob]

I always thought it was something made up by one of the tabloids like they call Michael Jackson "Jack-O".

I though Jack-O was that guy who played with Weather Report...

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

I always thought it was something made up by one of the tabloids like they call Michael Jackson "Jack-O". Just a shorter name so they can make the headlines bigger on the page. It just kind of stuck.

Macca is genuine - what scousers would say!


Whereas Jacko was just made up to rhyme with Wacko!!

 

[Infernal Affair]

Jacko is also that former Australian rules football player. The only reason I know this is because MAD Magazine always parodied him. MAD seemed to be the only thing in the US that would refer to him several years after his 15 minutes of fame, so it was pretty weird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_"Jacko"_Jackson