In the news with the upcoming by-election. Pronounced Maykerfield on TV. I lived in Manchester for a few years and while Ashton-in-Makerfield didn't come up in the conversation very often, IIRC it was pronounced Mackerfield. Can anybody from the area give a ruling?
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The few times I have been there people seem to have been calling it "Mare"kerfield.
With a bit of a Lancashire twang.
But Andy's a good guy. He's fixed the buses. Brought them back under public control.
He makes a plan and it happens.
When we moved here 27 years ago, there were 3 buses an hour in one direction at the bottom of our road. Then there were two. Then, before Andy got elected, it dropped again.
Now that single bus that did a relatively short linear route has been replaced with two buses that do two different extended circular routes serving bigger areas. And the frequency is on the up.
Then he abolished the 9.30 malarkey for concessions after a trial. Before this, if you had a concessions card, pensioner's bus pass etc, to travel before 9.30, you had to pay half fare. Now it's free.
As far as I'm concerned, Andy gets my vote.
With a bit of a Lancashire twang.
But Andy's a good guy. He's fixed the buses. Brought them back under public control.
He makes a plan and it happens.
When we moved here 27 years ago, there were 3 buses an hour in one direction at the bottom of our road. Then there were two. Then, before Andy got elected, it dropped again.
Now that single bus that did a relatively short linear route has been replaced with two buses that do two different extended circular routes serving bigger areas. And the frequency is on the up.
Then he abolished the 9.30 malarkey for concessions after a trial. Before this, if you had a concessions card, pensioner's bus pass etc, to travel before 9.30, you had to pay half fare. Now it's free.
As far as I'm concerned, Andy gets my vote.
I hear they're proud of NOT being part of Manchester, many still say they live in Lancashire. Decent northerners have principles, and don't like being used as a step on the career ladder.
Burnham's got no chance there. The current Labour MP got 45% vs 31% reform. That was before Labour became so hated.
Back on-topic, I don't have first-hand experience of how Makerfield is pronounced. But are you getting confused with Macclesfield?
Burnham's got no chance there. The current Labour MP got 45% vs 31% reform. That was before Labour became so hated.
Back on-topic, I don't have first-hand experience of how Makerfield is pronounced. But are you getting confused with Macclesfield?
Not knowingly!
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Anyone out there still pronounce it 'Mackerfield' or are we all 'makers' now?
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It used to have a C before the K but it got dropped ages ago.
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No it isn't, it is just paid for by other people.
Thanks for that, interesting! Opinion seems to be divided. Some Facebookers say it's Makerfield, but that doesn't help, they don't say whether they mean Maykerfield or Mackerfield. They probably mean Maykerfield, but not clear. And some say Mackerfield.
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I think most pensioners consider their bus pass as free, part of being a pensioner.
Most wage earners are paying tax towards those of the current pensionable generation.
And I will rely on wage earners in the future paying tax into the system to pay our pensions.
And so on...
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Yes, although many did not contribute
Yes, but that's not how a pension should work.
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As for pronunciation, not all is as it seems.
Blackley, in Manchester, is pronounced "Blakeley".
Blackley, in Manchester, is pronounced "Blakeley".
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Can you explain these two comments, please?
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Certainly!
1. The state pension, or a similar amount under a different name, is paid to everyone in Britain who has reached the state pension age. BUT - not everybody has worked and paid taxes all their lives, as I have and I am sure you have. One can leave school, never have a job and live off the state for decades and get the same pension as somebody who has worked. Also, foreigners of pensionable age who have not worked in Britain, get it. They don’t deserve it.
2. In a true pension scheme, a person's pension contributions are invested and saved up to pay that person's pension. The British system, where pensions are paid directly from younger people's taxes, and which you unquestioningly accept as 'the only way' is crackers.
