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TracyHassall | 07:44 Thu 03rd Jun 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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where does the word ta ra come from?
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It first appeared in the form 'ta-ta' as a childish/nursery version of 'Goodbye' in the 1820s. Dickens used another version - 'tar-tar' - in 'The Pickwick Papers' before it took on the form 'ta-ra' as a Northern English version, first appearing in print in Alan Sillitoe's 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'.
10:32 Thu 03rd Jun 2004
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Ta ra is also the name for a Regimental Sergeant Major.
20:47 Fri 04th Jun 2004

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