stateted it wrong the first time sorry peoples
2006-09-14 12:57:04 · 6 answers · asked by poobearri1102 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
it's like when you take an exit aren't you really entering it?
2006-09-14 13:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by eve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love this question, mostly because I know the answer.
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.
2006-09-14 13:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Loud Fast Rules 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Still to plagiarize George Carlin is wrong. The hippy dippy weatherman forcast for tonight is "Dark turning to light in the morning" "The temp at the airport but no one lives at the airport any way!"
2006-09-14 13:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when you drive to a house you use their ouwn personal drive, way to get to thier house. i think parkway came from other words that mean somthing different.
2006-09-14 13:02:03 · answer #4 · answered by Lauren 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thank you should read your question back to your self. You make no sense.
2006-09-14 13:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by love to play spades 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are absolutely right
2006-09-14 13:04:39 · answer #6 · answered by skateme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋