Y do ppl drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?

Question

Y do ppl drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?

Answer 1

isnt that an old george carlin bit? i like the seven words better.

Answer 2

for the lulz

Answer 3

in new jersey we park on the parkway (due to congestion) and drive out of our driveways

Answer 4

you're new here, aren't you?

Answer 5

haha that's kinda funny...never thought about that before!  lol!

Answer 6

For the same reason that apartments are called apartments when they are really not apart.

Why is a building called a building, and not a built, they are done being built, right. Why is up up, and why is down down. Will we ever know?

On a more serious note : The words 'drive' and 'park' existed long before automobiles were ever invented. These are not words created to describe the actions of your car, but rather words which already had meanings and were adapted to describe a new innovation. Since people don't park on parkways, isn't it likely that some other meaning of the word park (i.e. place of recreation) is the root of the word?

Answer 7

because the person who decided the name for each is a moron