Thought for the day

[Mary Sheahan]

An American friend (male) studied for a year in London.  
Apparently he nearly spilled his beer when an attractive female used the phrase "knock me up" to mean "stop by and knock on my door".
Parallel construction to "ring me up" -- but drastically different than the American meaning!

--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

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> Subject: RE: Thought for the day
> To: "'Mike Wickham'" <info at mikewickham.com>, framers at lists.frameusers.com, sharon at anthrobytes.com
> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:53 PM
> I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow
> restaurant that said, "This door is alarmed". I thought,
> "How can you tell?"
> 
> Because English is used (quite) a bit differently in the
> UK, I kept chuckling about the signs I saw while I was in
> Scotland. I knew what they meant, but the North American
> meaning was quite different than the UK meaning.
> 
> Nadine
> 
> --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Sharon Burton <sharon at anthrobytes.com>
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> > From: Sharon Burton <sharon at anthrobytes.com>
> > Subject: RE: Thought for the day
> > To: "'Mike Wickham'" <info at mikewickham.com>,
> framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:08 PM
> > Sign on door at local medical clinic:
> > 
> > 
> > This is not a patient door.
> > 
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