Riding

Riding is a homonym of two distinct English words:

From the word ride:

Equestrianism, riding a horse

Riding animal, an animal bred or trained for riding

Riding hall, a building designed for indoor horse riding

Ridin', a song by Chamillionaire

From Old English *þriðing:

Riding (country subdivision), an administrative division of a county, or similar district

Electoral district (Canada), a Canadian term for an electoral district

Riding association, Canadian political party organization at the riding level

Riding officer, a name once used for customs officials who patrolled for smugglers on beaches and other informal landing spots

Common Riding, an event celebrated in some Scottish towns to commemorate the guarding the boundaries of the town's common land by local men

Other uses

Riding (surname)

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Riding (country subdivision)

A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries.

Etymology

The word riding is descended from late Old English *þriðing or *þriding (recorded only in Latin contexts or forms, e.g., trehing, treding, trithing, with Latin initial t here representing the Old English letter thorn). It came into Old English as a loanword from Old Norse þriðjungr, meaning a third part (especially of a county), cf. farthing. The modern form riding was the result of initial th being absorbed in the final th or t of the words north, south, east and west, by which it was normally preceded.

A common misconception holds that the term arose from some association between the size of the district and the distance that can be covered or encircled on horseback in a certain amount of time (cf. the Walking Purchase).

Scandinavia

Ridings are originally Scandinavian institutions.

In Iceland the third part of a thing which corresponded roughly to an English county was called þrithjungr. The island of Gotland and the Swedish province Närke were also divided into þrithjungar instead of hundreds.

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Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a "constituency" or a "riding", is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a circonscription, but frequently called a comté (county).

Each federal electoral districts returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the Canadian House of Commons; each provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative — called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) — to the provincial or territorial legislature.

While electoral districts in Canada are now exclusively single-member districts, multiple-member districts have been used at the federal and provincial levels. Alberta has had a few districts that returned from two to seven members: see Calgary, Edmonton and Medicine Hat. British Columbia had a mix of multiple-member districts in Vancouver and single-member districts elsewhere until the 1991 election, and Prince Edward Island had dual-member districts until the 1996 election.

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by: Buckcherry

(Verse)
I packed up all my secrets to embark on my denies
I left all my belongings to my loved ones, far behind
I feel like I have seen enough, my memories and crimes
Honesty has called my bluff and victory is mine.
I want this bad behavior to be buried in a ditch
Where strangers can just pull aside and suck it with their piss
Iâ€™ve wasted my good fortune, my body and my mind,
Iâ€™m going down nothing else but bullets in my pride.
And I know all this has changed me.
(Chorus)
How long will I still have to wait?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will all this take?
What happens after we get there?
(Verse)
The more I learn about myself, the more I want to hide,
I never felt like giving up, but something isnâ€™t right.
My mother always told me youâ€™ll find out in the end
So should I be ashamed of my questions about sin?
And glory be to all the ones who helped their fellow men
It might just be the secret to refill the master plan
Iâ€™ve wasted my good fortune, my body and my mind,
Iâ€™ll go without nothing else but bullets and my pride.
And I know all this has changed me.
(Chorus)
How long will I still have to wait?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will all this take?
What happens after we get there?
How long will I still have to wait?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will all this take?
What happens after we get there?
(Bridge)
Tell me what is real, show me what is right,
I canâ€™t find my way, close my eyes and light the candles,
My peace of mind got lost in battle,
The bullets in the chamber matter
If I break, if I hesitate, I come unglow.
(Verse)
Iâ€™ve been to lots of places, Iâ€™ve seen people of all kinds,
Working very hard to get ahead before you die
I think we made it harder than it ever had to be
Getting fucked is what youâ€™re after and the money is what you need.
Have I reached my whole potential or youâ€™ll tell me when itâ€™s time?
I never lacked experience, I never made a dime.
Iâ€™ve wasted my good fortune, my body and my mind,
Iâ€™ll go without nothing else but bullets and my pride.
And I know all this has changed me.
(Chorus)
How long will I still have to wait?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will all this take?

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