I thought it meant to contact as in "I'll get in touch with you."
Perhaps it's both.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/6/2012 12:20 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> The question should have been "Did she offer to knock him up" ? He was
> sprawled on the floor possibly semiconscious, dozing or possibly passed out.
> In England's English, to "knock up" means to rouse from sleep, to awaken, or
> to bring to a state of attention. The man on the floor needed to be brought
> back to his previously seated position!
>
> jh
>
>
>
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> From: "Bob Whitmire"<bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Time Out
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>> Two great peoples divided by a common language, or something like that.
>>
>> I'd love to have seen his face. And her blush when she learned what she'd
>> said. Did he offer to "knock her up"? (Chris, did I get that right?)<g>
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
>> On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>
>>> I believe it was Winston Churchill who described us as "..two peoples
>>> separated by the same language." Brings to mind the story of our former
>>> lab
>>> supervisor Linda. Her daughter was in London for a time studying and
>>> working at the Tate Museum. Linda went to visit for a while and one
>>> evening
>>> a group went to a pub which included Linda's daughter's boss. He was
>>> about
>>> Linda's age and the two struck up a conversation at the bar. He asked her
>>> what she did for fun in South Carolina and Linda responded..."I just love
>>> to shag!" (popular dance in coastal SC). Poor man fell off his stool.
>>
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