Why do you drive on parkways and park on driveways?

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That iz wun ov thee weerd thingz about thee American Englisch.

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They hav borrowd werdz frum so manee uther langwages that sumtimes thee wurds dont mak centse.

Why do we drive in parkways, but park in driveways?

I agree that to a foreigner, American English has to be very confusing as there are many inconsistencies.

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Look at this though, through, thought.
We know how they should be pronounced by memorization, but there is no exact rule to teach a kid learning to read or a foreigner. The letters ough change from an "o" sound to an "u" sound then to an "aw" sound.

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Thanks for keeping us aware of the intricacies of Englisch.

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(Boy oh boy, the spell check went crazy over this posting)

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Because there was a typo in the dictionary and webster had too much pride to change them, so he kept them. Plus parkways are located in parks, so it stuck and was believable.

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If the plural for of goose is geese, is the plural form of moose mee....oh never mind, the beautiful English language LOL :)

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one of those silly things in the english language

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because the people who named them are just stupid

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