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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ta, ta-ta #59702 03/05/2002 5:56 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York ta is short for thanks as you quite rightly said. Just short for the word I s'pose. Better than saying tha!! Ta-ta is a shortened version of 'ta-ta for now' (TTFN). No idea of its etymology but it has as much meaning as ciao. TTFN always seemed upper class to me but now I see that it's quite universal and pops up everywhere. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ta, ta-ta AnnaStrophic 03/05/2002 4:15 PM Re: ta, ta-ta wwh 03/05/2002 5:26 PM Re: ta, ta-ta AnnaStrophic 03/05/2002 5:59 PM Re: ta, ta-ta wwh 03/05/2002 6:25 PM Re: ta, ta-ta Angel 03/05/2002 8:19 PM Re: ta, ta-ta Rubrick 03/05/2002 5:56 PM TTFN wofahulicodoc 03/05/2002 11:15 PM Re: TTFN Rouspeteur 03/05/2002 11:39 PM Re: TTFN modestgoddess 03/06/2002 2:11 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/06/2002 6:23 AM Wassup with the tas? jmh 03/06/2002 7:14 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? RhubarbCommando 03/06/2002 8:26 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? Jackie 03/06/2002 12:29 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? Bean 03/06/2002 12:32 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? RhubarbCommando 03/06/2002 12:51 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? belligerentyouth 03/06/2002 2:46 PM tas boronia 03/06/2002 3:40 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? wwh 03/06/2002 4:12 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/06/2002 9:46 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? wwh 03/07/2002 1:57 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/2002 2:06 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? Jackie 03/07/2002 2:26 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? wwh 03/07/2002 2:40 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? Jackie 03/07/2002 2:56 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? wwh 03/07/2002 3:11 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? Keiva 03/07/2002 4:31 AM Re: Wassup with the tas? Capital Kiwi 03/07/2002 7:54 PM DV, M & WP wofahulicodoc 03/07/2002 12:30 PM Re: DV, M & WP TEd Remington 03/07/2002 4:01 PM Re: DV, M & WP Keiva 03/07/2002 7:56 PM Re: Wassup with the tas? Sparteye 03/10/2002 1:07 AM Re: ta, ta-ta stales 03/06/2002 10:21 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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