"knock up" --usage
FRITZ JUENGLING
juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US
Mon Sep 19 20:26:13 UTC 2005
Recently I was at a church picnic. I was standing around with my wife and several other people chatting about the usual stuff. One of the women, about 30 years old, in the group was pregnant. A man, about 50, came and joined the group and the first thing he said was, speaking to the pregnant lady "Well, I see you got knocked up!" He thought he was quite (in the American sense of the word) funny. I thought that remark was extremely rude and inapropriate. My question, am I just a prude or was this really just the remark of a jerk?
Would appreciate any comments.
thanks,
Fritz
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