"knock up" --usage

[Patty Davies]

Hi Fritz - I would think that this was very rude of the man -- and I
just recently turned 50.

Patty

At 01:26 PM 9/19/05, you wrote:
>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