[Magdalen] Canadian Ridings

[Marion Thompson]

I would suggest that Yorkshiremen coming this way used the word they 
were familiar with.  It has long been the Canadian colloquial term for a 
political division.  Language after all is a living thing and especially 
when it travels.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/20/2015 4:36 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> Why are Canadian parliamentary constituencies called ridings?  Does 
> nobody understand etymology?  "Riding" comes from the Norse for 
> "third" so there should be precisely three ridings in any area - no 
> more and no less.
>
> Roger
>