J walk

[nq:1]Hi I hear in the radio an accident happened to someone (car hit him). He victim said he will not " J walk" again. What does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly. Thanks[/nq]
The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.

Tony Cooper
Orlando FL

[nq:1]Hi I hear in the radio an accident happened to someone (car hit him). He victim said he will not " J walk" again. What does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly.[/nq]
Try "jaywalk" and you'll find ": to cross a street carelessly or at an unusual or inappropriate place or in a dangerous or illegal direction so as to be endangered by the traffic" (W3NID). The "jay" is after the blue

[nq:2]Hi I hear in the radio an accident happened to ... does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly. Thanks[/nq]
[nq:1]The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.[/nq]
Or cross on a designated crosswalk but not at the designated time, i.e. when the DON'T WALK sign (BrE: "lickle red man") is lit or is there another word for that?

Ros

[nq:2]Hi I hear in the radio an accident happened to ... What does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly.[/nq]
[nq:1]Try "jaywalk" and you'll find ": to cross a street carelessly or at an unusual or inappropriate place or in ... by the traffic" (W3NID). The "jay" is after the blue jay, a bird, also called "2 : ROAD MONKEY" (W3NID).[/nq]
Ho kay, I was only wondering about this the othe

[nq:1]Hi I hear in the radio an accident happened to someone (car hit him). He victim said he will not " J walk" again. What does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly.[/nq]
(COD11)
jaywalk
· v. (chiefly N. Amer.) walk in or across a road without regard for approaching traffic.
? DERIVATIVES jaywalker n.
? ORIGIN C20: from jay in the colloq. sense ?silly person? + walk.

[nq:2]The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.[/nq]
[nq:1]Or cross on a designated crosswalk but not at the designated time, i.e. when the DON'T WALK sign (BrE: "lickle red man") is lit or is there another word for that?[/nq]
That's jaywalking in the broader sense.
BTW, jaywalking is illegal in Seattle (25th Largest City in America), and s

[nq:2]The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.[/nq]
The point is that in some N.American cities
it is a misdemeanour (petty crime) to cross
the street anywhere except at the corner of
a block.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Richard Fontana:
[nq:1]BTW, jaywalking is illegal in Seattle (25th Largest City in America), and supposedly they actually enforce the law ... When ... was attacked as a 'fascist' for doing so. Interesting to see two left-wing-culture cities with such different experiences of jaywalking.[/nq]
Indeed, this one is more of a left-coast vs. right-coast thing than left-wing vs. right-wing. I rem

Tony Cooper (tony (Email Removed)) has kindly taken time out from organising some kind of mutiny of preverts to say...
[nq:2]I hear in the radio an accident happened to someone ... What does "J walk" mean? I might spelling it wrongly.[/nq]
[nq:1]The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.[/nq]
You mean a zebra crossing, Shirley? ;-)

[nq:2]The term "jaywalk" means to cross the street anywhere except in a designated crosswalk.[/nq]
[nq:1]You mean a zebra crossing, Shirley? ;-)[/nq]
This is always a confusing issue in aue. Since "jaywalk" is an American term, and "zebra crossing" is not, there are those that get all upset if there is a mixed marriage of terms or a mixed marriage of speaker and terms.
See my past use