Hi Nivard I could swear I've heard "Ta" here too, but it could have been other Poms, of course. Haven't heard "Ta-ra a bit", but don't knowingly have any Black Country friends. Plenty of friends from all over the UK as we're the age group who were the "Ten Pound Poms". Re that Who Do You Think You Are Live, it might be worth a look - would it be on the BBC website? - a favourite of John's. He also checks how Leicester City have gone on the web all the time. If it's a broadcast we can listen to on the website what is the time? 10.00 am or pm? Hopefully they'll do what our radio and TV stations do and have it available on the website after the broadcast. I find accents and dialects fascinating. Also enjoy Who Do You Think You Are - watching someone have their family history being done for them! - if only we could all have that advantage! We have your British one, our own one, the American one and, lately, the South African one, although I find the last a bit hard to follow. Certainly there are many in our countries who have refugee and/or Jewish backgrounds and the programmes reveal some of the worst of the war (WWII). A search on the BBC website for Who Do You Think You Are soon got me to the right area but Who Do You Think You Are Live found nothing relevant. Loving this discussion about Old Leicester (we have two books which are great) and dialects. Jan in soggy Nowra, NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] Dialect > Hi Jan > > I wouldn't necessarily say that the use of "Ta" for thank you is > specifically Leicester as many more > use it > > But we found that Leicester people used it far more, and everytime I heard > it in use and asked the > user they turned out to be from Leicestershire > > Ta-ra is far more widespread but Ta-ra a bit is Black Country > > By coincidence a talk at the Who Do You Think You Are Live: caught my eye > > Sunday 26th February > 10:00 "Ey Up Mi Duck!" A History of British accents and dialects - with > John Titford > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >> >> Didn't realise "Ta" for thanks was confined to Leics., or even UK. >> >> "Ta-ra" was common amongst friends in Leicester but I notice Liverpool >> people use it all the time. >> >> (Get to know a few accents being in Oz.) >> >> And then there's "me duck"! >> >> Jan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4805 - Release Date: 02/12/12 >

Hi Jan I wasn't saying it was only used in Leicestershire, far from it But in everyday use I found that people coming in the shop who did use it were invariably from Leicestershire Like many expressions and with the traveling of peoples around the world they spread widely all over As far as I know Who Do You Think You Are Live is for visitors to it in London, I seem to recall they were going to do some talks online but doubt it would be all that occur at the show I will keep my eye open for any news on that and post back if I come across anything Tell John "up the City" <vbg> It was a good win on Saturday :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nivard > > I could swear I've heard "Ta" here too, but it could have been other Poms, > of course. Haven't heard "Ta-ra a bit", but don't knowingly have any Black > Country friends. Plenty of friends from all over the UK as we're the age > group who were the "Ten Pound Poms". > > Re that Who Do You Think You Are Live, it might be worth a look - would it > be on the BBC website? - a favourite of John's. He also checks how Leicester > City have gone on the web all the time. If it's a broadcast we can listen to > on the website what is the time? 10.00 am or pm? Hopefully they'll do what > our radio and TV stations do and have it available on the website after the > broadcast.