To get the rage when adults say Ta?

[SingingGerbil]

First world problem I am aware but this really gives me The Rage. Anyone over about the age of 5 should not be allowed to say this I am looking at you DP. In fact I am not that keen on under fives saying it either.

Phew, just had to get that out

San I remember it recently too, Northerners were reet outraged.

It's probably a perennial. Like tea/dinner, shoes on/off etc etc.

Quite common around here in my not posh part of London too!!

I say 'Ta' sometimes - it's friendly, and colloquial.
I think the thing to fret about (if fret you must) is whether a person thanks you, not the way they say it.

We Northerners like being outraged. It warms up the chips on our shoulders .

I've made it sound like we've a poke of chips on our shoulders instead of just the one.

YouStayClassy I'm disappointed in you. Ta is very common where we're from.

I say it a lot. I'm northern.

Judge away

Well i'm a cockney and we all say it - so i'm Southern and Common. Both Husbands have been Northern, so maybe some of their Northernness has rubbed off on me.

I also say 'Cheers' for thank you and don't mind that either, like Salmo.

Aaahh don't deny it Awkward, the main reason you Northerners have so many chips on your shoulders is so you can have extra with gravy and curry sauce for your 'tea' at 5pm

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we don't say it round our way.

I do say 'cheers' and ' alright kid' as a greeting or when signing off , is that worse?

I say it too

It's regional, I stay very quiet about regional sayings/pronunciation even though I flinch a bit when I hear barth and the like

Got to have something to help the Gregg's sausage and baked bean pastie down, MrsK

I say "ta" sometimes...

no need for rage op

YANBU

I love some of the things people are saying they say like 'cheers' 'alright kid'.

But 'ta' - no, no, no. Horrible.

OMG is there really a pasty with baked beans IN it??? Why have i never heard of this?? Are you Northerners keeping all the best food for yourselves?

No if it goes with the accent.

The Rage is far more irritating, maybe it's because I'm from Yorkshire so it should be T' Rage.

Bowlerarm

Alright chook?

Ta isn't something I've ever said.

Indeed. Many and varied are the culinary wonders of the North! Stotties. Barmcakes. The famous Sausage Savoury. Yorkshire Pizza. Mmmmmm carbs... It's the weather, we have to stay warm somehow.

'alright kid' comes out as 'oright'.

Just clarifying

I wonder if it is some sort of a Viking thing? Danish for thank you is tak, which is kind of similar to ta. Danes are descended from Vikings. Vikings conquered the North. QED. :D

It's the way people talk where I come from so your rage is just the same as being angry that foreigners speak differently.