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 did Ta and it does turn into thank you eventually

Ds nanny tried to teach him ta. He said fank ooo from the age of 18 months and thank you from 2 1/2 ish. So I always think it's best to teach the proper words from the start. And by proper words, I mean the words that your family use everyday.

jamdonut

Because it is seen as common

Gosh! I know an awful lot of common adults and children then. Ta is a perfectly acceptable word to use, loving all the speech snobs that think we're "vile" though.

We say thank you ... Well dds are 21mo and say teetoo which is close enough. They also sign it. I don't like ta as it's not something I say but don't have any issues with people who do.

thebitchdoctor , shewhowines

That's what I thought. Ridiculous.

My dd was taught this at nursery. I cringed when her key worker came running to tell me that dd was saying It. She says thank you now. Ds says "tatooo".

I hate the word "ta", it reminds me of a smoker's lung.

Never have I felt so northern as I have reading this thread. I mean, vile? Come on. It's just a way of saying thank you that is accessible for babies. I find the idea of saying thank you for my kids much more offensive. The main thing is they learn good manners.

Depressed at the snobbery really. And genuinely surprised that ta can cause such a strong reaction.

My DS1 was a very young speaker so we felt ta was appropriate as a starter, we moved on to saying ta, thank you and by 17 months he naturally started saying thank you.

I think ta is fine, I would prefer to have my children using manners from a young age than not at all, signing is quite popular now so probably ok but a lot of people would have no idea what the child was doing.

I have never heard a child who is able to speak properly say ta so IMO it really isn't an issue.

I don't mind ta at all but i don't think it's necessary as a precursor to thank you - just let them approximate thank you if that is what you want them to say in the end. If you use ta yourself then of course it's different and totally natural.

Ta is just awful. Teach her "thank you" She will say absolutely enchanting versions of it- we still say "tank how" in this family a good 15 years since dd learned to say thank you properly!

DS3 is utterly lazy and just picks out what he thinks is the relevant syllable and says that, so 'thank you' has just become 'q'. It's still utterly adorable and people seem to know what he means, so I'm not bothered that it isnt perfect pronunciation.

I'm all about making life easier for everyone so don't see the point in teaching a child to say "ta" then re-teaching them "thank you" but if you are happy to stick with "ta" when your child is 10 then have at it and just go with that.

So....it's about how cute they sound not saying the words properly,then?

Ta is just baby talk,and as they progress with speaking 'Ta' gradually gets replaced with 'Thank you'.Its no big problem to do. I wasn't worried about cuteness,but I do like good manners.

Have only read the first pAge. It's thank you. Why use slang. Would you actually teach your baby to say innnit, aint, and yeah?

I taught my son the correct words for everything but of course he had his own toddler versions for a while as he was learning. Ankoo became Fankoo before Fank You the Thank You

My M-i-L drove me mad trying to teach him all sorts of baby language, Moo-Cow, Baa-Lamb etc & was very offended when husband pointed out that we were trying to teach his the proper words rather than having him learn everything twice. Soldier for Shoulder was particularly irritating.

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erm... I didn't teach them. They just picked up thank you. I cringe hearing people say ta to their babies loudly over and over whilst withholding a drink. But I am grumpy and hormonal right now.

I don't like 'ta' either. Always used Thank you. He seemed to manage it fine.

Thank you. Not ta. Not sure why though. I just don't like ta.

We had a few months of, 'wank you' which made me us smile!

YABU, unless your child is one of the Yorkshiremen from Monty Python.

Yes. Ta is bloody awful. Teach her thank you and for now take whatever approximation of it she can manage

In my opinion, If you use TA naturally then continue to use it. If not thank you is fine.

We are all TA in this house, it dies out about 2/3 when thank you takes over.

Very middle class as well!

Also 'baby words/talk' plays a very important role in helping children learn to talk and its absence is often noted in parents of children with language delay. It is a correlation rather than causal observation though.

Quite amazed by some of the attitudes here. For DD1 'ta' at an early age turned quickly into thank you. Ta was a marker word to help her learn the correct, well mannered response. Astounded some people actually think if a child begins by saying ta they will still say only ta aged 10.

Mama became mummy, dada became daddy without any hassle or 're- teaching' whatsoever. Why is ta seen as being different? Other than snobbery?

Surely all learning involves the creation of a framework, with the brain forming processes for understanding and building on knowledge?

But why is it either Ta or rudeness? I am a stickler for manners, but I would rather a child made an approximation of saying "thank you" than "Ta" which means nothing.

Is it snobbery? Its a non word, means nothing and just the sound of it is dreadful.

Like Yeah for yes,

Nah for no,

Ta for thanks.