2007-03-20 07:16:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A parkway was so named because they originally had a park down the middle. That is a grassy area that had nothing to do with parking cars. Over the years people forget that words can have multiple meanings.
A driveway leads from the road to your garage. The garage was designed as the place to park your car. If you park in the driveway it is your problem not the language.
2007-03-20 07:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its "park on the driveway and drive on the parkway"
2007-03-20 07:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by hodgetts21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I drive on the parkway.
I don't have a driveway so I park on the street
2007-03-20 07:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean drive on the parkway?
In Canada we call it the highway
2007-03-20 07:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called a "Phonetic Chiasmus"
Here's a few more:
Winston Churchill is quoted as having said, "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
A witty New Year's toast is, "Champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends"
One might wonder, "why do we play at a recital but recite at a play?"
Here's a link:
http://www.chiasmus.com/typesofchiasmus/phonetic.shtml
2007-03-20 08:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Zee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thin you mean drive on the parkway. :)
2007-03-20 07:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by ~Happy~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And whats up with Jumbo Shrimp?
2007-03-20 07:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by PrincessPlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I, um, was gonna say barkly's answer, but he beat me too it...lol j/k although it is a very good answer.
2007-03-20 07:56:17 · answer #8 · answered by brooklyn152 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoever invented them wanted to confuse everyone
2007-03-20 07:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by StarLyssStar* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we are all crazy
2007-03-20 07:29:28 · answer #10 · answered by ik ben alphabetsoup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋