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Things Partner and I infodumped about to each other today:

Why there are so many different sets of "greek" gods

Related, the origin story of Aphrodite and the importance of the pomegranate to various greek peoples and gods

Why parkways are called parkways

Why Spain still has a monarchy even though the common people have almost never been in support of their own monarchy

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The Flashbulb - Parkways

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Morning Fog Lifting Over the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, 2013.

Craggy Gardens offers one of the finest viewpoints on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but the last time we were there, and quite often in the past, fog obscured the view. As we were in a bit of a hurry to drive onward, we missed the view on this visit.

#signs #parkways #mountains #craggy gardens visitor center #blue ridge parkway #yancey county #north carolina #2013 #photographers on tumblr

Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway, Meadows of Dan, ole Virginny, 2014. Need to deal in cliches now and then.

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Why do we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway?

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from @mentalflossr

The words “drive” and “park” existed long before automobiles. Remember, whenever you write or speak, you’re voting with your vocabulary. Languages evolve over time and a given term’s meaning is subject to dramatically change based on the whim of its users.

Back in the 1800s, for example, “parking” meant planting trees, flowers, and other bits ofvegetation. A “parking place,” therefore, had nothing to do with stationary vehicles. Instead, it was a location specifically designed to encourage diverse, extensive plant growth for non-agricultural purposes.

Yet, many were soon commandeered for an entirely different objective. Historian Kirk Savagewrites, “By the turn of the century, such parking areas were sometimes used to hold horse-drawn carriages on special occasions...When automobiles started to overrun cities in the early twentieth century, parking areas were given over to car storage and the word began to refer to the cars themselves rather than the trees and grass they were replacing.”

During this transitional period, America’s parkways also began taking shape. Metropolitan reformers—who feared the health costs of industrial growth—started establishing wooded parks within cities nationwide, hoping their trees would make urban air more breathable. As automobiles rose in popularity, special car-friendly routes were carved through such parks. Unimaginatively, these were named “parkways”.

So parkways have nothing to do with the actual parking of vehicles. But what about “driveways”? Well, that particular word’s been around since at least 1884 and has essentially meant the same thing ever since—namely, a path that connects somebody’s private property to a public road. However, while lengthy driveways were once the norm (and, hence, enabled more driving), today’s average specimen is little more than a dinky personal parking station.

Source: Mark Mancini via Mental Floss

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