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Separated by a common language (Score:1)

by VSarkiss (704)

I spent 20 minutes knocking up this program

I don't think any American writer would have used that phrase in quite that fashion.
I remember reading in a Sherlock Holmes story, when Holmes wakes up Dr. Watson by knocking on his door early in the morning, he apologizes by saying:
Very sorry to knock you up, Watson, but it's the common lot this morning. Someone knocked up Mrs. Hudson, she prevailed upon me, and I upon you.
(I may not have the quote 100%, but it's very close.)
- Re:Separated by a common language (Score:2)
  
  by Dom2 (2981) <{dom} {at} {happygiraffe.net}> on 2004.11.02 11:13 (#35699) Homepage Journal
  
  Hmmm, it's not uncommon in British English either, as a term for being pregnant. But using it in a phrase to mean "quickly built" is also not uncommon and it's normally fairly easy to distinguish by context!
  -Dom
  
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