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tuyabid asked in Entertainment & MusicJokes & Riddles ยท 6 years ago

Why the delivery in a car is called shipment, and why the delivery on a ship is called cargo?

Ship, car, get it?

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  • techpaddle
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    A lot of words in the English language have their definition mixed with another word, just like hemorrhoids and asteroids.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    You're correct about common usage,but the words are interchangeable.

  • Smeg
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    Beats me. My wife is very jealous , and when on the maternity ward with her waiting for our son to be born, we were attended to by a midwife, who was MALE.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Ohhhhhhhh! I get it! This is kind a like futures and pork belly thing

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  • ?
    6 years ago

    My history teacher told me that English was invented by drunk people so..

    Source(s): It doesn't have to make sense.
  • Elyse Rose
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Hold on there , chief ... Are you trying to mix me up ?

  • remoserjr107
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    It's part of our crazy language.....!!

  • SidK
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Also, why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways??

  • ?
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Same as why is it called a ********?

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