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Re: English is a crazy language

From:GrayWizard <dbell@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 15:59
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>


> Danny Wier scripsit: > > > A type of freeway in a city. Why "park" is in the word I do not know,
unless
> > parkways originally led to parks.... > > They are so named because surrounded by parkland. In New York State > at least, highways with "Parkway" in their name have special rules: > no trucks.
Except apparently in Queens where any road with more than two lanes is either a Parkway, Boulevard or Turnpike (e.g. Utopia Parkway, Queens Boulevard, Union Turnpike et al). David

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