Top of the morning to you, London Walkers. Wherever you are.
Here it is, your daily London fix. Got a zinger for you today. Another in our Meet Your Guide series.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the bubbly, fun, delightful Judith. Judith is our Camden Town expert. Have a listen and you’ll understand why she’s the perfect fit for our Saturday morning Camden Town Walk.
Here’s Judith.
[Judith interview follows]
And not forgetting our Word of the Day. Has to be that proper noun, doesn’t it. Canada.
Canada originally meant village. Or settlement.
It’s a native North American word. Comes from kanata, a word in the language of the St Lawrence Iroquoians,
Let’s take wing over there. And back to 1535. Indigenous people used the word while directing the French explorer Jacques Cartier towards Stadacona, their village near present-day Quebec City.
Cartier applied the word to the surrounding territory. And in the way of these things, its geographical range gradually grew.
A village – and Iroquois village – became the name of an enormous country.
What’s not to like.
See you tomorrow.