Why do some people in England say "Ta" when they mean "thank you"?

Answer 1

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It's a slang word for "thanks"
The word is a result of the heavy Danish influence on the English language.
The Danish word for "thanks" is "tak". In Scotland and upper England it was common to drop the "k" at the end because of the way words were pronounced during the time of old English and Middle English. Hence the slang word "Ta" which should actually be pronounced "TA-k" but over time became "Ta" is really Tak meaning "Thanks".

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Answer 2

We had an exchange student from Australia who used to say that, too.

Answer 3

Same reason why people say "Mercie" In france as it means thank you

Answer 4

well i don't i think its chavy to be honest. i suppose its quicker to say.

Answer 5

Because their English......

Answer 6

Maybe it's from old cockney???

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Answer 7

its just a lazy way to say thank you.....

Answer 8

It's an abbreviated form of "Ta-Ta" which can mean anything from thank you to goodbye, and a few other things in between! It's just an adapted "slang" expression also easy for children to say when learning the language.

I would compare this to several English words gone short... such as "hey" used to mean many different things, but a shortened version of hey there, hello, stop that, and so on!!

Hope this helped :)

Answer 9

'Ta' is short for 'Ta-Ta', which means 'Goodbye'.

Answer 10

Ta is baby language meaning thank you