About like me, about liking, about liking him
I can't understand the meaning of this sentence (taken from the audio of a US movie, 1945)
Context: He is talking to his girlfriend at a party, preparing to ask her to marry him.
This is the sentence:
"Theodora, if one loves another person, then one knows all she needs to know about...
a) ...like me. b) ...liking. c) ...liking him.
I can't get what the man really says at the end (his final words) because of the noisy background music. Do you think that any of the options (a, b or c) would make sense? What would be the meaning of the whole sentence?
Top answer
gamboler Do you think that any of the options (a, b or c) would make sense? Not as much sense as I would hope. "Liking him" seems the most likely, but it contrasts liking and loving in a puzzling way.
- gamboler Do you think that any of the options (a, b or c) would make sense?
- Not as much sense as I would hope.
- "Liking him" seems the most likely, but it contrasts liking and loving in a puzzling way.
- It seems that she would have to have said something about liking before he said that, maybe even in an earlier scene.
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gambolerDo you think that any of the options (a, b or c) would make sense?
Not as much sense as I would hope. "Liking him" seems the most likely, but it contrasts liking and loving in a puzzling way. It seems that she would have to have said something about liking before he said that, maybe even in an earlier scene.
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