how come you drive on the park way but park on thedriveway?
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The following is the wonderful answer, chosen as BEST, given by HONARARIUS, in reply to this very question, asked by alan, 2months ago.  I cannot top this answer. It is great:\n\n"There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England nor french fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? \n\nIn what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another? When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.\n\nAnd why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this answer, I end it?"\n\nHONORARIUS, wherever you are--hats off to you, again. DHW
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For the same reason we park on driveways and drive on parkways.
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Well, driveways are called driveways, because you DRIVE on them to get to your house. In the past, you would drive about 1/4 of a mile to get to your house. Now-a-days, driveways are much shorter, so it doesn't work as well anymore. Also, you aren't supposed to park on your driveway. Your driveway is supposed to be used to get from the main street to your house. Parkway is notabley the same. You would park on a parkway, because it was one of the few streets in a town you could park on. Now, all streets you can park on, but they still use it in road names.
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DRIVE SLOW HOMMIE!!!!!
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It's called a Segway.  Or Segeway.   something like that. They use them at Disney World a lot
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Gee...do you park in your driveway or drive on a parkway? Why is the word contraction so long?
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drive there with your tools
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Ok, I thought you were pretty cool, until I came up to this question.  What's up with that??  I think, yes, you are the only one annoyed by it.  Well, maybe there are two or three like you.  Anyway, I'm one of those people that parks front end out.  Why, you ask?  Because, it's easier.  That's why you see lots of pickup trucks and long cars parking that way.  When you back out of a parking space, you don't have enough space, so you backup, turn your wheel, then move forward, then backup again, then you can get out.  Ok, so maybe there is enough space, but it just seems easier, and you can avoid accidents.  Also, it has to do with the car or trucks turn radius.  Pick up trucks have a horrible turn radius compared to a car.  Also, you see the back end of your car or truck better than you see the front.  The way vehicles are made today, you don't see the bumper. It's easier to backup into the parking space, and when you leave, you just put it in drive and go.  Just my opinion.
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Probly the same reason we park on a driveway and drive on the parkway.  =)
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drive, or fly, which ever you perfer
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I think the term "park"way refers to a park-like area. for example, most parkways in my area (washington dc/maryland) are lined with trees and other scenery, therefore, making it a more visually pleasing roadway--like driving through a park.  Parkways generally preserve nature oppose to building huge buildings along them.  I could be mistaken though.
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Hands-free! It's safer to drive that way.
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To get there motor's running, head out on the road way, looking for advensure or whatever comes there way...
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be careful when youre driving.
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No. You don't have a valid driver's license and aren't allowed to drive anywhere.\n\nBest wishes and God bless.
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Yes, the etymology of the two phrases is different. The apparent park/drive thing is an accident.\n\nAll about it at the Straight Dope in the link below:
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These don't have answers since they're rhetorical:\n\nWhy do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?\nIf quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?\nWhy do they put Braille on the number pads of drive-through bank machines?