Hmmm?
2006-11-15 08:07:09 · 13 answers · asked by emily 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The wonder of it all!
2006-11-15 08:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by Celeste P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The usages are extended from the base meanings of the words, and are consistent with these meanings.
A "park" is a place set aside for a specific purpose.
The English word way is the equivalent of the Latin word via, meaning "road" or "path." Thus a "parkway" is a road (way) through a park. The road is used by cars, thus you can drive on a parkway, that is you can drive on the road (way) through the park.
The term driveway originated as the designation for the place you drive you car into at the house, like from the gate of the farm, or estate, to the house. When you got to the end of the driveway, you would park the car. ("Park," because you are putting the car in the place designated for the car, that is the car park.)
The term driveway was thus established and continued to be used, even when people with tract houses had only a short "way" to drive to the house, so the place where you drive the car into by any house is called a driveway.
It is still consistent with the base meaning and broader usage of the term in that you "drive" into and onto the "way" designated for the car for that dwelling.
2006-11-15 08:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by Mary K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
parkways are finished of automobiles going very quickly so parking is risky driveways are short and in a good number of cases proper to a house or progression so driving on them might want to be risky ...happy i might want to help
2016-11-29 04:16:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm
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2006-11-15 10:48:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because if you parked on the parkway there would be a lot of accidents and if you drove an a driveway you would crash into your house
2006-11-15 08:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by osoboricuoso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea! and you know how women in the USA use tiny spoons and forks for their babies? what do Chinese women use? toothpicks?
And if vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Have a happy day!
*Chelsea*
2006-11-15 08:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because this is a twisted and bizarre world
2006-11-15 08:21:26 · answer #7 · answered by andia2amat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its okay... don't panic.. as long as they don't drive you away and park you in some padded cell, you are okay.
2006-11-15 08:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by scrubbag 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now thats a good point...I need to go and comtemplate it :D
2006-11-15 08:08:33 · answer #9 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the government wants ur souls
2006-11-15 13:36:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you can't go up the mountain in the down lane.
2006-11-15 08:14:00 · answer #11 · answered by DON S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋