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      what’s wrong with the traditional “pedestrain” spelling? pedestrain comes from latin pes, pedes, meaning ‘foot’ and the English word “train” meaning the vehicle. It is a metaphor based on the resemblance of the queue formed of slow walkers clogging the pavements or collapsing the traffic while crossing on the pedestrain crossings