[General] Why not go there and ask her yourself tonight?

[Silverobama]

Claire is my friend. She was going to give a speech about HPV tonight at a public speaking club. She's a nurse. The following conversation took place in the afternoon between a person and me.

A: So, who's the lecturer tonight?
Silver: Claire.
Later I posted a screen shot [about when the speech would start and who the host was going to be.]
A: Is Claire a doctor?
Silver: Why not go there and ask her yourself tonight?

Is my italic sentence natural? I was a bit annoyed because before this A, someone else also asked many private questions about Claire.

 

[emsr2d2]

My friend Claire is [STRIKE]my friend[/STRIKE] a nurse. She [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] is going to give a speech about HPV tonight at a public speaking club. [STRIKE]She's a nurse.[/STRIKE] I had the following conversation with someone [STRIKE]took place in the[/STRIKE] this afternoon. [STRIKE]between a person and me.[/STRIKE]

A: So, who's the lecturer tonight?
Silver: Claire.
Later I posted a screen shot (about when the speech would start and who the host was going to be).
A: Is Claire a doctor?
Silver: Why not go [STRIKE]there[/STRIKE] to the talk and ask her yourself? [STRIKE]tonight?[/STRIKE]

Is my italic sentence natural? I was a bit annoyed because [STRIKE]before this A,[/STRIKE] someone else had [STRIKE]also[/STRIKE] already asked many [STRIKE]private[/STRIKE] personal questions about Claire.

See above. I'm not sure why you felt the need to tell us that you were annoyed. Your final question doesn't necessarily indicate annoyance. Your tone of voice might, though.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Your reply doesn't seem natural. Much more natural would be "Yes," "No," or "I don't know."

 

[emsr2d2]

Your reply doesn't seem natural. Much more natural would be "Yes," "No," or "I don't know."

I assumed Silver was trying to encourage the other person to come to the talk.

 

[jutfrank]

I assumed Silver was trying to tell his listener that he didn't want to answer the question.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I assumed Silver was trying to encourage the other person to come to the talk.

That's could be true. His remark about being annoyed also made me think he was trying to give A the brush-off.

Rereading the post, I need to correct what I said above. The most natural answer would have been, "No, she's a nurse."

 

[Tdol]

I think it could be perfectly natural. It depends on what the speaker knows/intends.