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Gamboler Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Pict, pick or something that sounds the same way

Heard from the soundtrack of a movie released in 1935:

Woman: "Why did you do that?"

Man: " I didn't"

Woman: "Don't lie to me. Tell me the truth. I'll XXXXX, tell me the truth"

Man: "I'm telling you the truth. She was dead when I went in there"

The expresion that I substituted with XXXXX sounds like "pick you, pict to you, peek you..."

Any guess of what the real verb is and its meaning in this sentence?

I think it could mean I'll believe you, but I haven't found any verb meaning "believe" sounding like pict or pick)

Thanks in advance.
  

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I listened to the sentence again, and maybe the woman says: " I p r i ck you, tell me the truth ". These soundtracks are full of background noise and it's diffciult to be sure, but the word it is not beg , or pry. It sounds more like peek, pick, pict or p r i c k ...

— Gamboler

  • I listened to the sentence again, and maybe the woman says: " I p r i ck you, tell me the truth ".
  • These soundtracks are full of background noise and it's diffciult to be sure, but the word it is not beg , or pry.
  • It sounds more like peek, pick, pict or p r i c k ...
  • Any help?
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I listened to the sentence again, and maybe the woman says: "I p r i ck you, tell me the truth". These soundtracks are full of background noise and it's diffciult to be sure, but the word it is not beg, or pry.

It sounds more like peek, pick, pict or p r i c k...

Any help?
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I think there's an old meaning of the word p-r-i-c-k in the sense of implore. Maybe in a 1935 film they could use this expression, but I'm not sure. Sorry to write the verb with "-" but the censorship susbtitutes it with "*" thinking it was unpolite when I tried to write it without "-".
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Could it be "You pr*, you!" ?

In other words, she was calling him that word that is the impolite word that is censored out?
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Not possible, Grammar Geek, I hear clearly "I ".... and "to you". So the word must be a verb. Could it be "stick" instead of the impolite word? I don't know if it has any sense here in this conversation.

If you want to listen to the 3 seconds audio file, I can send it to you attached (i would need an email account because I think that here I can't post such a link).
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Grammar GeekCould it be "You pr*, you!" ?

In other words, she was calling him that word that is the impolite word that is censored out?
Hi,

Oh... Very very impolite.

Regards
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What is it from? Is it The Closer? She has a very Southern accent. I'll break you? (I'll get the truth out of you.)

You can't link here? That's too bad. I'm really wracking my brains.
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Problem solved. Three minutes ago another member of this page gave me privately his email adress, and I sent him the file. After listening to the sentence, he answered me that the woman says "I'll stick to you" although it was difficult for him to understand because of the background noise and the low quality of the sound. But he is sure, so no need for more help.
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Any idea what she meant by "I'll stick to you"? That doesn't make much sense to me.
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This is what the person who listened to the audio file told me in his email:



After listening to the file, I am sure that she says "I'll stick to you," meaning "I'll stick with you" (I won't leave you or forsake you).



Grammar Geek, I am convinced that our colleague is right, because in the movie the woman is the man's girlfriend; she is not menacing him,
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