helgi
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When Phil and Rita are leaving the party on the last Feb. 2 of the movie, they run into Ned, Ned Ryerson....you know, Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head, c'mon buddy Kase Western High
Near the end of the conversation Ned says, "Where are we going?"
then Rita says, "Oh, let's not spoil it"
After they leave, Ned laughs and says, "Oh, I got that"
in the first sentence Ned could have been using WE idiomaticly to mean "Where are you guys going?"
But since he is an insurance salesman, Rita seems a little annoyed by Ned, because he could be trying to leave with them to sell them some coverage. But Rita excuses herself by an expression that is most commonly used in the 1st person plural, and in this case, the context of the expression discludes Ned, since they would tell him where they were going if they were going to include him. At the same time, Rita hints at the romance that is to come, by not saying where they are going, because she implys that it would be embarrasing for her to tell. This implication disculdes Ned in addition to the fact that they would likely tell him where they were going if he was invited. So she has discluded him twice, and then a third time by using an expression that implys that she understands Ned's use of WE to be idiomatic, and therefore implys that she has not decided to invite Ned, and implying that she may not even understand HIM to have any expectation that he will go with them. This could be considered a clever use of language, since she makes herself clear 3 times with a single expression...and I think that's why Ned laughs
Near the end of the conversation Ned says, "Where are we going?"
then Rita says, "Oh, let's not spoil it"
After they leave, Ned laughs and says, "Oh, I got that"
in the first sentence Ned could have been using WE idiomaticly to mean "Where are you guys going?"
But since he is an insurance salesman, Rita seems a little annoyed by Ned, because he could be trying to leave with them to sell them some coverage. But Rita excuses herself by an expression that is most commonly used in the 1st person plural, and in this case, the context of the expression discludes Ned, since they would tell him where they were going if they were going to include him. At the same time, Rita hints at the romance that is to come, by not saying where they are going, because she implys that it would be embarrasing for her to tell. This implication disculdes Ned in addition to the fact that they would likely tell him where they were going if he was invited. So she has discluded him twice, and then a third time by using an expression that implys that she understands Ned's use of WE to be idiomatic, and therefore implys that she has not decided to invite Ned, and implying that she may not even understand HIM to have any expectation that he will go with them. This could be considered a clever use of language, since she makes herself clear 3 times with a single expression...and I think that's why Ned laughs
