My father and male friends do it for protection from other men. They use the phrase "not for sale." This sounds possessive, but if a woman is walking by herself other men are likely to whistle, flirt inappropriately, etc. So men in my culture do it as a way of telling other men that she's not walking alone.
You'll also hear other reasons, like, in older times, people use to throw their bath water out the window, so men walked on the outside to protect women, or from horses splashing in puddles.
The one reason that is very dumb is that it protects woman from incoming cars. Sounds stupid because it is. If a car actually drove onto the sidewalk it would hit both of them, not just the guy.
Yes. Sidewalk is a compound word.Type your answer here...
In "where the sidewalk ends," the stressed syllables are "where," "side," and "ends," while the unstressed syllables are "the," "the," and "walk."
If you are using walk as a noun (taking a walk, or a sidewalk), the plural is simply walks. E.g. She likes to take long walks.
A sidewalk is a paved area for pedestrians which is usually beside a street or road. A sidewalk is sometimes known as a pavement, footpath, footway or platform.
A sidewalk in the UK is called "pavement" or "foot path"
It is a small restaurant which has seating outside on the sidewalk in front.
To be more specific, in the past, the men's role was to defend the women. It is the same principle as a mother and her child. The mother will keep the child on the inside of the sidewalk in order to protect them from oncoming traffic.
maybe the road I don't know that a sidewalk has an antonym. Something that is the opposite of sidewalk? Maybe no walk?
The inside of a sidewalk is the side closest to the street or road, typically where pedestrians walk.
The word sidewalk has two syllables. The syllables are side-walk.
When possible, pedestrians should walk: On the right side of the road to avoid oncoming cars.
Not on a public sidewalk.
The person's feet push backward on the sidewalk; the sidewalk pushes forward on the person.
Yes. Sidewalk is a compound word.Type your answer here...
To slow down or walk??
Depends on your country.
No. Anyone can walk along the sidewalk.