Why do we park in a driveway and why do we drive in a parkway ???? I have always wondered that :)
no RUDE comments plz ....
2007-09-30 02:06:15 · 12 answers · asked by Roxy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Why do we send cargo by ship, and shipments by car?
2007-09-30 03:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 1⤊ 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.
So, no i don't know why. ha ha ha... you though I did didn't you.
2007-09-30 10:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Red Rabbit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your car is not moving in a driveway but moving in a Parkway? I see what you mean.
2007-09-30 09:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by Janice W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question has been around for years. Could be one of the reasons the English language is so hard to learn
2007-09-30 11:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is for driving and the other for parking. That's the best I can do.
2007-09-30 09:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answers for the other 513 times this question were asked aren't good enough for you?
2007-09-30 09:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by mmdjaajl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's how life works!
2007-09-30 09:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by andrew d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that's what someone called it and that's what stuck.
What we call things often doesn't make sense.
2007-09-30 09:14:22 · answer #8 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
me and my friend always do that we always ask why like why is there hair?? LOl anyway thats life
2007-09-30 09:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B/c God decided they didnt sound better reversed so he decided to name them that lol.....sounded god to me....thats all I can come up with.
2007-09-30 09:09:51 · answer #10 · answered by ciji0630 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋