2006-06-21 07:42:26 · 15 answers · asked by desertyeti2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I don't know...
Cool Question! =)
2006-06-21 07:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the classic illustrations of the supposed illogic of English is the fact that we park on a driveway but drive on a parkway. There are two explanations for this particular conundrum: (1) the meanings of words change over the years, and (2) the same word can have more than one meaning.
A driveway originally did refer to a road you drive on: a driveway was a private road leading from a main road to a house. (Imagine the stereotyped long winding driveway leading up to a huge manor house and you get the idea.) But nowadays, when driveways are thirty feet long and lead only to a garage--if anything--their purpose is just to store cars next to a house. That's why we park on driveways.
A parkway, in contrast, was (and still is) a thoroughfare meant to suggest a park: rather than just being a plain road, it has trees planted on the sides or on a median divider, it's usually smaller than other highways, it twists and turns--a scenic road, in short. So the park part of parkway is the word meaning 'a nice-looking part of land in a natural state', not the word meaning 'to leave (a vehicle) in a place'. And that's why we drive on parkways.
2006-06-21 14:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the case of large estates, before we had suburbs, a driveway was the road that leads to the house from the public road. So you drive on it.
Historically, the term "parkway" has often implied that the road was designed specifically with a naturalistic or manicured landscaping of the median and adjacent land areas. Like a park.
2006-06-21 19:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if we drive in the driveway surly youd hit a mailbox or garage. so its much safer in a parkway. if you park in a parkway youll get smashed by other cars or block traffic and cause a jam. wich will ultimaly result in a ticket or jail time while a driveway has lots of unused space. OR because chuck norris said so.
2006-06-21 14:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by everett k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea
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i guess some things we will never know :D
2006-06-21 16:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by curious me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If yu drive in a parkway in the UK you will have your licence removed you crazy idiot!
2006-06-21 14:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's a parkway?
2006-06-21 14:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by daniel m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. I drive on a "road" and park in a "parking space".
2006-06-22 08:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by claude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't
You do
We drive in a road and park in a carpark !
2006-06-26 16:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we send things on ships by "cargo" and send things on cars by "shipment".
2006-06-21 14:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by VantheMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool question.
2006-06-21 14:48:36 · answer #11 · answered by Person D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋