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