Comments on: Pregnant

By: PhantomRacer

PhantomRacer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:30:27 +0000

The “falling” part signifies that it is accidental, or unplanned. No one wants to fall done the stairs or fall ill but these things just have a way of happening.

I’m not sure about “knocked up”, but I have a feeling that it is used to signify an unwillingness of conception rather than just be unplanned.

By: Shelbi Dion

Shelbi Dion — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:50:17 +0000

No, I have never heard that. Just another one of those weird British things, like how you spell jewelry different…jewellery. Funny to see the differences.

By: jo

jo — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:35:31 +0000

I’ve never heard anyone say ‘fallen pregnant’ before. But I haven’t spent that much time in Britain lately and I never really watcht he tv when I’m back.

By: Adny

Adny — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:22:57 +0000

It’s just one of the (many meanings of the word fall: to become. As in “to fall silent”, etc.
English is nothing if not flexible

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:32:11 +0000

I’m english and I haven’t heard anyone saying it, maybe its just around my area that we don’t or something?

But I agree with you, the implied imagery of falling pregnant is weird

By: Phobiac

Phobiac — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:49 +0000

It might be similar to “falling ill?” I know that if I suddenly had a parasite in me for nine months I’d complain about falling ill…