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minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoAmericans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something: Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant Sidewalk > side of road you walk on I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.
minus-squareGrappling7155@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoParkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoWhoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoParkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.
Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:
I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.
It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things
Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason
Whoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland
Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.