to hate the word 'ta'

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especially when I see it written in an email from my boss?

Every time my boss writes 'ta' instead of 'thank you' it makes it makes my eyeballs itch.

There is just something so dismissive of 'ta'. It isnt a proper thank you, it is something small children might say when given a biscuit. It isnt the response I expect from my professionally qualified boss when I send a piece of work.

Never knew ta rankled so much. (wanders off reeling at the sheer number of people I have unwittingly induced rage in) cannot stand the use of cheers as a goodbye salutation on emails. That makes my blood boil

Sazzle I work in banking (senior management role, head office of very large bank) and don't recognise the culture you describe!

For me the use of 'ta' in email comes across as dismissive. I suppose the email equivalent of someone just grunting when you make them a drink.

I will take on board that this is potentially dialect and take a tube of Lanacane in to work tomorrow!

I have one colleague who starts all their emails with 'Dear Lovely'.

I thought teaching children 'ta' was a really Welsh thing. Egg on my face.

Ds actually says "fank ewe". He holds back on "mush" though.

My lovely Welsh friend is always calling me my lovely, lovely
I actually like it
No one else calls me t my lovely. It makes me feel loved :o

YANBU. Some words completely get my goat. I genuinely can't be friends with anyone who calls me 'hun', it makes me want to punch them.

That's progress Gnome, you'll be asking for a brew before the week's out

Yawn. We've had this one before. It's just a word that I say often

Sorry, cross posted with you there ShakesBootyFlabWobbles

On the whole I keep my email style fairly formal. I have much experience of emails getting forwarded and copied on to a far wider audience than I had originally intended.

PrimalLass if we stuck to only discussing new topics then MN would be a rather empty place!

magicalmrmistofelees - I'm am sure its not just banking so plse don't be offended, but I've worked in every bank on Canary Wharf. . I still have friends in all those banks who tell me v v formal style of address & corporate BS is alive & kicking, as is the survival of the fittest/bear pit/vipers nest/money is king culture. My/their list of stories re jaw dropping ego, insane corporate BS, dodgy practice, hushed up scandal etc would put that book called 'e' to shame. (Anyone who has ever worked in an office should read it, its a hysterical account all told via emails about a fictional London PR Agency, I sniggered so much on tube in recognition I got some v strange looks).

Also magicalmrmistofelees if you are in management, you probably have little insider knowledge what those lower down the banking food chain really think....as a whole, I noticed management seemed ok with the culture I described. Those not management, not so much. Hence the high turnover lower down the food chain.

Not offended, just don't recognise the description (also worked in a few banks in Canary Wharf ). I work in Marketing though which may be different from the hardcore finance roles.

Sazzle I started fairly low down the food chain!

Ta me duck= thank you
ta raaaa= goodbye
What's wrong with local dialect? Is it only left on the market stalls?

I hate it when children are taught to say ta because of the God awful sing-songy way in which it's said by the adults teaching it "taaaa-ah" ugh.

However, an adult saying a friendly, short "ta" is fine by me. Ta muchly is also acceptable in my book

I hate it too yet the last time I mentioned this on MN I got flamed Anyone over the age of about 10 shouldn't be allowed to say it. My ex used to say it (along with Tommy K for tomato sauce) and it made me cringe.

I write TVM. It means whatever you want it to.

Soz, babes.

Eh I never knew 'ta' or 'cheers' rubbed people up the wrong way! I hope that if it bothers anyone I know they will tell me so I can sign off with 'fuck you' in future To me, ta is a friendly thing to say!

beavington love it

My BFF is in management in marketing in a canary wharf bank magicalmrmistofelees! Its not you is it? (waves). They were generally a lot nicer & far more chilled than the other depts I dealt with daily - hence why we 'clicked' and remain friends today. We had a few daily competitions to keep us sane:
'best corporate BS phrase of the day'
'best its not my feck up/pass the buck email of the day'

There were some ruder/v childish competitions which I wont divulge to maintain my pretence that I am , at all times, a 'laydee'...

I love it. I think most objections to the word have their roots in snobbery.

I don't actually say "ta" myself because it wasn't part of the dialect I grew up speaking. But I love it when people say it to me.

ScrambledEgg you need to travel around the country where ta is usual local dialect and start campaigning there. Don't hand out leaflets though or you may explode on hearing too many ta love, ta chuck, ta lovely, ta me duck. Those dastardly regional numpties lowering the tone

My lovely mil used to use it to the kids. Hated it but loved her.

It's better than orite and bab as is dead common here in the midlands.