How come we park on driveways but we drive on Parkways....any suggestions???
146995
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:
1139212
park a few blocks away and take the bus or pay 6 bucks to park a few blcoks away and then walk.  Or get there int he afternoon and park ont he street.  its crazy after 430
84349
For the same reason that we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway.
82495
You must have been partially parked on the sidewalk.They won't give you a parking ticket for parking on your driveway.>
966685
"Park on the grass??"  Is that code for something???
194825
If you have a school parking lot let all senior know to come to school early to park horizontally . that way underclass men cant park. the mistake is to leave of your plates on.
181602
I don't know about you, but I park on the driveway because my garage needs cleaning.\n\nPark, like many English words, has several synonyms.  The verb "park" means to put your car in a place where it can stay for extended period of time.\n\nThe noun "park" however, usually means an area of land set aside for public use.\n\nIn both words, "way" means a road used mainly for access - the you drive on the parkway to get to the park.  Of course, then you drive on the driveway to get to the .....  garage.  But the main point of the driveway is for driving.  You and I park on the driveway because our garages need cleaning.
833490
I do get the joke, but since sometimes people DO want to know the explanation, I offer the following three-piece explanation of how this, and things like it, have happened:\n\n1) Grammar (the building of English compounds).  The parts of English compound words like these can be related in a variety of different ways.  So in this case, the relationship of "drive" and "park" to "way" is different in each case; \n\none based on the verb "to drive", the other based on the NOUN "park". \n\n2) History of "Driveway" --- This originally referred to a private road, usually between a public road and a private house.  Historically, these were rather long (think of an impressive country estate -- poor folk or those living in the city would not have a driveway), and their main purpose was indeed for DRIVING driving to the house, certainly not for leaving the horses and carriage (and later car) sitting on.  \n\nBut in more recent times, driveways got shorter and people began more frequently to leave their cars on them (esp. as they added MORE cars and the garages became full of other stuff!)\n\n3) "Park" is used in two different senses in these words (which is always a good setup for a pun or joke)\n\n  "parkway" meaning "a broad LANDSCAPED thoroughfare" is based on the NOUN "park"\n\nThus "park" here refers not to what one does ON this sort of road but to the "park" areas built (or left) around it.   This fits with the meaning of park as an area of land that is set aside (originally by royal grant or law), for gardens, animals, etc.   \n    the VERB "park" is based on this noun, referring to leaving something sitting in one place\n\n(Thus is one sense both 'park in the driveway' and 'drive on the parkway' base 'park' on the same root idea --  only in one it is the land beside the road that is left sitting, in the one it is the vehicle.)\n\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/park\nhttp://www.webster.com/dictionary/driveway
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Yeah, this is pretty pitiful. Unless I'm really in a hurry, I actually like to park a fair distance away from my destination. I quite like walking. It's good exercise.\n\nHere's an idiotic behaviour that I find comparable in terms of defeating its own purpose. My father is, was and always has been notorious for "shopping" for the best gasoline prices. As a kid I can vividly recall him driving for what seemed an eternity, grumbling about the posted gas prices and claiming he could find better. We were talking pennies here, folks! \n\nAs a wee child I was far too timid to suggest that the extra driving distance (to say nothing of wasted time) made whatever "savings" he ultimately made when he filled up the tank completely negligable. As an adult, I don't hesitate to say so. This apple fell very far from the tree -- and then rolled down a hill to get even further away!
1085934
Two things can NOT occupy the same place. You can't park your car in the same place that another car is in. Right?
529424
Because....\nBuildings are called building even though they're already built... AND\nWe drive in parkways, and park in driveways... AND\nBecause apartments are convenient ways to be apart from parents... and your money.
556428
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?
313667
I totally agree- the best you can do is post a handicap only sign and antoher one saying violators will be towed at owners expense.  If these are clearly marked then you can call and have them towed if a non-eligible person parks there.  As long as you specify towing at owners expense you cannot be charged for anything.\n\nThis is why we live in a nation where the largest health risk is obesity- people are too damn lazy to walk the 10 feet across the parking lot!
729000
Obviously there needs to be at the very least a whole new driving exam when someone buys an SUV for the first time. Especially these little soccer moms who can barely see over the dash board.\n Look, parking in a space is really quite simple, hell the Escalade even has an automatic tilt feature on its side mirrors just for that purpose.\n If your backing into a space just get each line of the space in your sight with the side mirrors, then you know your not over a line. It's really not hard people.
270373
DRIVE SLOW HOMMIE!!!!!
1178444
Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?\n\nAh, the english language.
477741
Never wondered that. That's like wondering why we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway...