what does "tick talk" mean?

Boy   Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:55 am GMT
Hi

I heard it in a movie called "entrapment" by an American actor.

Thanks.
j   Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:46 am GMT
Maybe it was ticktock?
Boy   Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:16 am GMT
Perhaps. Then what is it?
j   Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:42 am GMT
ticktock - the ticking sound of a clock
Lazar   Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:19 am GMT
As j said, it was probably "tick tock", which indicates the sound of a clock. "Tock" and "talk" would sound the same in some accents (like my Massachusetts accent, or a Canadian or Western US accent) but they would sound different in others.
Boy   Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:01 am GMT
You are right. I never heard someone pronounce it as "talk" in my country so I took it as a new phrase. I think British people would pronounce it differently, wouldn't they?
Guest   Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:21 am GMT
Hmm... I'm an American, and I never have such problems when watching British actors....
Uriel   Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:11 pm GMT
As far as I know, the L in talk is always silent, no matter what country you're in. So talk always sounds like tock. The exact vowel sound may vary, but not the consonants.
Lazar   Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:19 pm GMT
<<I think British people would pronounce it differently, wouldn't they?>>

Yes. In an English accent they would be:

tock [tQk]
talk [tO:k]

In a "standard General American" accent they might sound a bit more similar:

tock [tAk]
talk [tQk]

And for many Americans they would be merged as either [tAk] or [tQk].
j   Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:08 pm GMT
As far as I remember the movie plot, it's more likely to be a "tick tock".
Robin   Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:30 am GMT
Like Clockwork by Boomtown Rats
Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock ....

I'm not disconnected, I'm not unaware
I'm in one place at one time
I'm neither here nor there
I'm hooked to the mainstream, tuned into the world
Plugged into my surroundings, not out on a limb
I'm thinking in a straight line
I'm thinking that these thoughts are mine
My hear is beating oh so fast, I feel the hours crashing

And my mind beats time like clockwork - ay ay ay
And I think in sync like clockwork - ay ay ay

Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock ....

She's done away with emotion
She sees things clearly now
She says she sees it all from her room
And it looks so small from her room
It's alright - it's alright - it's alright - it's alright
I'm on your side for a while
She thinks that time is a concept which we measure our age
She wants to say it again but she don't have time

Because her mind beats time like clockwork - ay ay ay
And she thinks in sync like clockwork - ay ay ay

Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock ....

Count the hours, count the months and minutes
You're born in tears and you die in pain, that's your limit
You're looking for some mainly reason but there's none there
Why don't you admit it?
We make the most of what we've got, that's the ticket
My my my my my my

I stayed in that room a long, long time
And watched the seasons gliding by
And hey, what's the matter? We've got time, lots of time
It's alright - it's alright - it's alright - it's alright
I'm on your side for a while
We'll wind up, we'll slow down
We'll speed up, move around
Or we'll maybe overwind

Because our minds beat time like clockwork - ay ay ay
And we think in sync like clockwork - o o o
And our minds beat time like clockwork - ay ay ay
And we think in sync like clockwork - ay ay ay

Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock ....
Robin   Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:41 am GMT
Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats were at a US radio station for an interview when the story of Brenda Spencer came over the news wire. The 16 year old California high school student made headlines when she grabbed her father's gun and opened fire on her school from a house across the street, injuring eight students and killing the school's principal and custodian. When later asked why she'd gone on the shooting spree, she responded "I don't like Mondays."





The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody’s going to go to school today
She’s going to make them stay at home
And daddy doesn’t understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
I want to shoot…the whole day down

The Telex machine is kept so clean
And it types to a waiting world
And mother feels so shocked
Father’s world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen
Now that ain’t so neat to admit to defeat
They can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reasons do you need?

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
I want to shoot…
The whole day down down down shoot it all down

‘Nd all the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain jackals
With the problems and the how’s and whys
And he can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die die ohh..

and the silicone chip insider her head,
gets switched to overload.
OH and nobodys going to go to school today,
shes going to make them stay at home.
And daddy doesnt understand it,
he always said she was good as gold.
and he can see no reasons,
coz there are no reasons,
what reasons do you need to be shown?

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don't like Mondays, I want to shoot…the whole day down