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

[David Donnell]

I think Tomspel was whupping out this cheesy old saw:

"English is the only language where you drive on a parkway and park
in a driveway."

Interesting observation/background, in any case.

DD

>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Poster:       Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
>Subject:      Re: "Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)
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>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.
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>---Amy West
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>>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)
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>>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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