to 'say ta' or not to 'say ta'....baby language snobbery?

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the other day my OH told our DD to 'say ta'. It made me cringe...i just hate it. does anyone else have issues with language taught to babies or is it just me?

don't want to create washing up!

DH says it. That's a boarding school education for you. Thank God I'm an aspirational cockney.

I could have started this thread - say ta is a particular hatred of mine. DS1 and 2 both now teenagers were taught to say thank you with no problem at all and DS3 10 months will do the same (am having to, erm, persuade mil and fil not to say ta!) I personally think it makes you sound a bit thick saying ta to a baby, although I do say ta occasionally. I think its the intonation used with lo's - "say taaaa".

We prefer to say Thank You. Both DD's have been taught Thank you from Day one. Why teach them Ta only to then reteach Thank you.

Very cute listening to DD2 (15mths) say 'Hank Who'

room for another in the corner?

Where i'm from most people use ta in conversation. Most of dh's family speak a yorkshire dialect that would probably be a mistery to a lot of you on this thread. Lucky them.

My nanna taught ds 2 'Ta'. He said it up to about age one and a halfish and now he says 'tankoo' age 2.
I got a few shudders at his 'ta' but I was just happy he said it in the right context and he moved to 'thank you' quite naturally later on.

both my grandsons says ta ,my ds2 does not he signs it

My MIL used to try and get DD to 'say ta' despite the fact that DD was already saying thankyou.

ta deesus.

I love that people get snobby about baby talk

My ds is dreadfully common, his first words were ta, hiya, and yeah!

There are more important things to worry about. A child or adult saying Ta is far better than what you have just said!!

I really don't like ta either. To me it's a rubbish version of thanks. You don't really feel like someone's thanking you if they say ta. And what's the whole thing with please-ta' being used in place of please and then nothing afterwards?

Do zombies say ta?

I just don't get how please-ta is easier for a toddler today than thanks.

Hehe. I think so. Lol.

Why is it a 'really bad idea' to teach them ta until they can move on to thank you?

Are there hordes of people roaming the streets who were rendered unable to use the full 'thank you'??

My son says ta. It's one of only a handful of words that he can say at 2.6 years because he's speech delayed. I'm very proud of him when he says it. Nice to know it's thought of as rubbish, thick, bloody foul, vile, pointless, horrible, lazy slang. It isn't to me. It's a word my son can say. Cheers for that though.

I don't really like 'ta'. There are relatives who say it to baby Gd - I never say anything but hope the more frequent 'thank you' will prevail. They will copy whatever you do, so I make a point of saying thank you to Gd whenever she gives me something, which is often! I certainly remember 'daddoo' from younger siblings. Can't remember what my own used to say!

I used to work in a front line job, and won't easily forget a VERY tiny tot, certainly under 2, who turned around and said, 'Thank you so much!' clear as a bell, as she left. Mummy's example had sunk in early!

I don't think it's common at all, but I'm all for modelling correct language from the get-go. I find it weird hearing adults who never say ta suddenly saying it to their babies. Obviously if there's a language difficulty that would be different.

I always really liked the Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs books as clearly that author went on the basis that yes, children don't have to have difficult or long words always shortened and that it doesn't have to be T Rex.

I'm probably a language snob before anyone else accuses me of it. I do say ta myself quite often but hate it with babies.

I fucking hate Ta. Just personal preference. IMO, if you can teach baby to say "Ta", you can teach them to say "Thank you".

I hate ta. When used to babies or adults.

It's just lazy and common

Thank you is not so difficult.

I don't like it. In fact I can't fucking stand it.
Makes me cringe. Mine did thank you which started off as 'ankoo' ish type stuff.

Why teach one then change it?

I'm at this thread. I had no idea that anyone thought 'ta' was baby-specific. At first I thought it must be a regional thing, but then I remembered the southern-born Old Etonian at work who uses it.

You learn something every day.

farageisacunt (Yes he is) Thank you is difficult for my ds, but he can say ta. How is that lazy exactly?

Littleredhen, no. It is not always the case that 'if you can teach them to say ta then you can teach them to say thank you'. I really wish it was.