why do u drive in a parkway and park in a driveway??

Question

think about it.............

Answer 1

Besides the previously mentioned stand-up comedians' reasons, here is the answer from The Straight Dope website:

The crux of the issue 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 2

Southern California logic. You move faster in your driveway than you do on the parkway. LOL

Answer 3

I suppose you think you're being cute and funny, but this joke has been around a long, long, time. George Carlin had it in his routine in the 70's.

Answer 4

The same reason why you don't get high on the highway, and there is no such thing as non-disposable douche, or instant water...what would you add to it?....lol

Answer 5

Logistics is not one of the American language finer points.

Answer 6

i hope there is actually an answer to this?!!!
i think it has something to do with the way communication is backward and inverted in the way people think