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

[Benjamin Barrett]

There's a tendency to remove such words from the language. AFAIK, nobody
uses the word "parkway" for any sort of a road unless the road is named
XX Parkway, and even then, they probably say "drive down the Parkway"
not "drive down the parkway". BB

David Donnell wrote:
> 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
>
>
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>> 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.
>>
>> ---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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