The Royal Canadian Mounted Police aren't the only group or force known as "mounties." In the 1820s, there was a small group of French police outside of Nice who earned the nickname. It's also the English name of the group 'fjell' in Norse Mythology that was said to have defeated the King of Samis; I've heard there are fictional people here. There's countless other mentions and mistranslations which use the term. I think it would be ignorant to assume Canada just because that's the most common.
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Date: 2010-08-13 08:07 pm (UTC)