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And British hosts, please don't offer to knock your American houseguests up in the morning, or any other time.
by moioci 13y ago
And British hosts, please don't offer to knock your American houseguests up in the morning, or any other time.
- btilly 13y agoUnless you're attractive. Then they might appreciate the offer.
- JonnieCache 13y agoFascinating fact: the phrase "knock up," as in awaken by knocking, comes from the industrial revolution, after people were having to rise at a certain hour for the first time in history, but before the invention of the alarm clock. The "knocker-upper" was a person who went round with a long wooden pole, knocking on the windows to get people out of bed for their factory shifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up