To teach my DD to say ta?

[Kasterborous]

Instead of thank you. DD is fifteen months old and can say words now. She can say please, of sorts,when she feels like it. I don't like the word ta much myself, but I would rather she said that than nothing. Or should I just try to use thank you from the start.

I hate ta-aa

Hate it

So we went straight to Thankyou and all was well

We haven't taught ds to say ta - we just say thank you and he now says ta - I think it is just the simplified version of the word.

No, no, no.

I have an irrational hatred for that. It makes my toes curl.

We signed thank you before she could speak (It was the only baby sign I knew as we didn't do the classes!) Then we just progressed to a spoken thank you.

There is nothing wrong with ta. Ds said both. I dont think ta is a short version of thank you. Its said in the north (where we are) a lot, and I believe it comes from "tak" which is Scandinavian for thank you. We have Viking blood here!

DH & I both say thank you to our DD (13m & not really quite talking yet). She has started saying Ta. We have no idea where she got it from, it must be a simplified form of thank you, as she says it in the correct context we might expect her to say thank you. We (DH actually) have Viking blood as well, DH is 6'4" with blond hair & red beard & is like a giant... maybe it is a northern thing.

I taught my dc to say & sign thank you because my parents being none native speakers of English would not understand none standard terminology such as ta. Just something to bare in mind.

All 3 of mine were taught 'Ta' first.(Now aged 13,16 and 21). I don't think they say it much,if at all now, they are perfectly able to say "thank you"...it is just something you move on to as they get a bit older.

It just fits with baby babble doesn't it? Mumum,Dadad,ta,no

People don't like babies saying ta? Well fuck me sideways.

I don't like at, I didn't teach my DDs to say at, and odds enough at 6 and 7 they say thank you.

DS is 13 months, he says lots of words, and tbh I find it annoying when people say ta to him! I don't really remember people saying it to my DDs.

I understand the importance of good manners, but I think it is fine to keep demonstrating the time for saying thank you and simply wait until they can say it.

I started both of mine with Ta an within a few months they were onto thank you. It's a good building block I found.

Ipad has changed ta to at, so it must be wrong.

I always used thank you with my DD but she said ta for a while when she first started talking but then "fank oo" and "thank you" soon followed.

Ta is vile, especially coming from a toddler.

Just teach them thank you, they will get there with it.

I went with saying 'thank you' myself, but praising DD when she made the right response even if she couldn't say the word yet.

Vile?

Get a grip

I didn't think to teach DS to say 'ta' - because I don't use it. I just taught him 'thank you' however, we had been doing baby signing and he'd do the sign for 'thank you' earlier (and still now will sometimes at 3.5 do the sign for thank you rather than say it). We got "tank coo" for a while before he learned to say it properly (which was very cute, far nicer than hearing a toddler say ta).

What is annoying, is that other people seem to be obessed with getting him to say 'ta' - particularly older generations, for some reason, he can't just accept him saying 'thank you'. Apparently toddlers are supposed to say these baby words rather than grown up ones.

Arf @ paradisechick! :) I agree.

Nothing wrong with 'ta'. Very commonplace where I am from oop norf and hasn't impede my DD (23months) who has been saying 'thank you' perfectly for months now.

My mil taught mine to say 'cheers me dears!!

Lovely as I luffed my mil.

Also funny at 2.

I think that it is different in areas where adults actually say ta themselves.

DS2 thank you's came out as 'fuck you' for an embarassingly long time.

Nothing wrong with ta. Both my dc were taught to say it. Now they are older they just say thank you instead.

Vile? Nothing a tot says is vile! Come on! What a torn face disaster!

Would you teach her to say "woof woof" instead of dog?

I just dont get it? 'Ta' is a tiny unoffensive work that means 'thank you'. Babies cant say thank you as their brains arent quite developed enough (despite Xavier/Hugo/Petula being highly intelligent) . Its easy primitive sounds. 'Ta' is an easy way for them to vocalise appreciation which should be encouraged. When they get older they will naturally progress to 'thank you' as they will mimic the language of their parents.

Ie Ta will become thank you, mamamamamama will become mum, nana will become banana etc.

Seriously, why is ta so offensive? I would understant if they were saying c××t.