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Taka Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Pedestrian vs walker
I've heard that to native speakers the image of 'walkers' is different from that of 'pedestrians'. Could you tell me what the difference is?
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A pedestrian is generally someone who is walking along a street. Pedestrian can also be used to mean 'at a slow pace', such as, the trains movement was rather too pedestrian for Peter, so he took the plane. A walker would generally be someone is walking in the countryside.
- A pedestrian is generally someone who is walking along a street.
- Pedestrian can also be used to mean 'at a slow pace', such as, the trains movement was rather too pedestrian for Peter, so he took the plane.
- A walker would generally be someone is walking in the countryside.
- Another use of walker is when the person is actually doing the walking for the purpose of exercising an animal, eg walking the dog means taking the dog out so that the dog can get some fresh air and exercise.
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A pedestrian is generally someone who is walking along a street.
Pedestrian can also be used to mean 'at a slow pace', such as, the trains movement was rather too pedestrian for Peter, so he took the plane.
A walker would generally be someone is walking in the countryside.
Another use of walker is when the person is actually doing the walking for the purpose of exercisi
Pedestrian can also be used to mean 'at a slow pace', such as, the trains movement was rather too pedestrian for Peter, so he took the plane.
A walker would generally be someone is walking in the countryside.
Another use of walker is when the person is actually doing the walking for the purpose of exercisi
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Adrenochrome you might wish to consider 'strolling' or 'ambling'. If you were writing about the 1920s, we used to use the word 'promenading'.
'Strolling' might be best suited for the passage you have included.What ever happened to "perambulating"?
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Ha ha, you cheeky devil.
I'm not quite that old, yet.
Wasn't perambulating what nannies used to do? Wandering through public parks, pushing Lord or Lady Whoever ahead of them in their perambulators.
Ironically, there do seem to be a lot of single women pushing prams around the park nowadays, too! Perhaps, we should endeavour to resurrect 'perambulating'?
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I'm not quite that old, yet.
Wasn't perambulating what nannies used to do? Wandering through public parks, pushing Lord or Lady Whoever ahead of them in their perambulators.
Ironically, there do seem to be a lot of single women pushing prams around the park nowadays, too! Perhaps, we should endeavour to resurrect 'perambulating'?
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Adrenochrome there do seem to be a lot of single women pushing prams around the park nowadays*** bless them, every one! [A]
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"Pedestrian" answers the question "What kind of traffic?" (A person on foot.)
"Walker" answers the question "To what purpose?" (A person who walks for the sake of walking.)
In Thomas Hardy's poems, you find "foot-folk". (It hasn't caught on.)
Best wishes,
MrP
"Walker" answers the question "To what purpose?" (A person who walks for the sake of walking.)
In Thomas Hardy's poems, you find "foot-folk". (It hasn't caught on.)
Best wishes,
MrP
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