why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway ?

Answer 1

Well that certainly gave me something to ponder for about 1 minute and 45 seconds. I've come up with nothing.

Answer 2

Let's get one thing cleared up right off the bat: you can drive on the driveway. Indeed, if you'll permit me to wax philosophical for a moment, this is the very essence of drivewayness--to enable you to drive from the street to your garage. Moreover, you can park on the parkway, if you're willing to risk the wrath of the law. I don't know that this clarifies things much, but it seemed like a point worth making.

I think the crux of the issue, however--I love using words like crux--is the dual meaning of "park."

Park in the sense of tended greenery and park in the sense of stowing your vehicle, though deriving from the same root, diverged in meaning long ago. In Old French, a parc was an enclosure. To this day a military park means an area where vehicles are stored and serviced. As early as 1812 there was a verb "to park," meaning to store one's howitzers in a military park. This carried over to carriages and ultimately to any sort of vehicle.

Our notion of landscaped parks, meanwhile, derives from the medieval practice of enclosing game preserves for the use of the aristocracy. The term was later applied to the grounds around a country estate, then to royal parks in London to which the proles were grudgingly admitted, and finally to any landscaped public grounds. The idea of enclosure is still evident in expressions like "ball park," for an enclosed playing field.

Answer 3

wow this question just blew my mind. it definitely belong s in the list of how big is the universe? how old is the earth? how deep is the deepest part of the ocean? NOT. im just kidding, im not trying to come off as rude. Good question, im gonna ask my professor tomorrow and let you know what he says. til then, thumbs up!

Answer 4

if you drive on your driveway you will eventually hit your house or run out of driveway at which point you will no longer be driving on your driveway and then.........what was the question again...sorry...

Answer 5

Because you can park where you drive and you can drive away from where you park

Answer 6

There is all ways plenty of room when as they are not often used

Answer 7

Gee, that's a new one

Answer 8

you just invented a new saying

Answer 9

because thats the way it is.