| ▲ | benregenspan 4 hours ago | |
This is a good example, because a "freeway" is free at point of use, but obviously understood to not be free of construction and maintenance cost. It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy. | ||
| ▲ | thunky 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
> It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy. This is wrong. "Freeway" comes from free flow of traffic: | ||