"Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)

[Amy West]

Perhaps this is simply obvious bait that I'm falling for, but the
sense of "park" in "parkway" is not the verb but the noun "park" as
in land set aside for recreation and enjoyment. They were landscaped
and designed for visual pleasure in driving.

---Amy West

>Date:    Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:01:27 +0000
>From:    Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: "Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)
>
>It's always been in "American" :) English called a "tidal wave".
>Shall we start calling hurricanes, typhoons? :).  We do live with
>names that are a bit incongruous, like "parkway" even though we
>don't park on it.

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