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It it true that you get better gas mileage if you use super unleaded?
After reading the guesses above, here is the correct answer. It was researched and written by "bruhaha," who does a fantastic job of providing educating answers on this site. Please give him the points if he stops by to read this! His answer reads:We actually see this one on here a lot. Usually it's just tossed out as a joke... but in case, you are truly curious about how these words came to their current meaning, here's an explanation in three parts:
is there a law as to how far on the pavement a lampost has to be?
1) 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;
How can one commute from sfo airport to catch a flight at sjc airport on the same day by rail?
one based on the verb "to drive", the other based on the NOUN "park".
Why do OAPs moan at bus drivers when we ask to see their free passes?
2) 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.
How far is Penn Station to45th street?
But 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!)
3) "Park" is used in two different senses in these words (which is always a good setup for a pun or joke)
Is it necessary or beneficial to warm up your car to normal operating temperature before taking off?
"parkway" meaning "a broad LANDSCAPED thoroughfare" is based on the NOUN "park"
Why do some people drive those stupid SUVs with a monitor in every headrest?
Thus "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.
the VERB "park" is based on this noun, referring to leaving something sitting in one place
Is Denver/13th ave/Colfax area to Aurora a looong commute?
(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.)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parkway...
http://www.webster.com/dictionary/drivew...
I want to know whats the difference between avenue, street and boulevard?
why is the highway on ground level and the freeway is up high?Should there be a cap on gas prices?
Not this sh*t again....Now somebody will come along and add the "apartments" one...and somebody else will add the old "shipment/cargo" one.
I swear, if it weren't for Steven Wright, half the people in here wouldn't have a thing to say.
what hapen if i nearly cross the traffic light on red?
becuase thats just how it is, maybe some day you'll understandConsidering one is Driving on a Parkway which in these parts would be Federal Property and any Roadway would be driven at a posted speed well below Turnpike Speeds. With the intention of enjoying thew scenery.
How can i put my car in the car show??
interestingcan anyone tell me what the speed limit is in the tyne tunnel?
Why is a Butterfly Not called a FlutterBye?Oh the mysteries of life...
Because you are a neo-maxi zoom dweebie, that's why. Give the laptop back to your mommy.
would a bee on the bus get splatted on the back window?
My driveway is only about one and a half car lengths long and the parkway goes on for miles and miles and miles.How far in miles is it from lochinver to bualnaluib?
Because when you get to your destination your "Apartment" is actually not apart! It is a bunch of units together!More Questions & Answers ...
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