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Hazel
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:35 pm    Post subject: ta Reply with quote
I have a wee question.  I am not wanting an education, just a simple answer, if you please.  In a short story that I read in Scottish Life, it came to me that "ta' means "thanks".  Is that Scots Gaelic or just a Scots dialect?  I've been told there is a difference.  Thank you.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Ta' is a standard dialectal form of of 'thanks' in most varieties of northern English.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tapadh leat is Gaelic for thanks. Maybe the ta- came from that? It is used in both 'Scots' English and Gaelic.


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