2007-02-11 11:26:20 · 10 answers · asked by dancer_luvr_crazy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I have pondered that as well, and still I have no idea!!!
2007-02-11 11:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by UhOH! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-02-11 11:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
on your Y! solutions seek for questions, put in "humorous humorous tale - Why the English language is so confusing to verify". there's a listing of idiosyncrasies interior the English language like the single you gave. i stumbled on it exciting and a chuckle.
2016-11-03 04:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boo wins. No question. For someone to put that much thought into a very old question deserves 10 pts ^^.
2007-02-11 11:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by ffxi_minizilla 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its just the way life works, u just gotta accept the fact that it doesnt make sense and live with it, lol but if u find the answer then give me an email tellin me the answer, lol
2007-02-11 12:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by LittleBit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idear,this world is nuts whoever came up with the english measuring system and the english language
2007-02-11 12:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a very good question, almost as good as why do our feet smell and our noses run? heh heh i asked that to my science teacher and she totally gave me this huge speech why our noses run and our feet smell(i regret it so badl;y)
2007-02-11 11:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why do they call a hemorrhoid a hemorrhoid, and an asteroid an asteroid? Think about it.
2007-02-11 11:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm comfused, no wonder I've been hitting so many pedestrian(s) I think it was a fat guy
2007-02-11 11:48:12 · answer #9 · answered by caligirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a crazy world if you ask me
2007-02-11 11:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by sleekseke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋