Subj : Gendarmes
To   : Joe Delahaye
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Wed Sep 28 2016 12:03 am

 >   Re: Re: Gendarmes
 >   By: Holger Granholm to Joe Delahaye on Mon Sep 26 2016 08:57:00
 >
 >HG>> So the gendarmes are probably military polices, or just soldiers.
 >
 >JD>> Or perhaps the State Police.  I believe there is a Gendarmerie (sp)
 >JD>> in France. Perhaps it is something like the British Bobby?
 >
 >HG> I have always thought that an english Bobby is a patrolling police,
 >HG> creating a sense of safety in a neighbourhood, and helping citizens and
 >HG> tourists.
 >
 > Yes, wrong comparison.  The UK does have a state police, but it is not
 > the the
 > English Bobby.  My mind wont wrap around the name of that organization
 > right
 > now though.


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 >
 >HG> Since nobody frenchspeaking person appears here, I think we will have
 > to
 >HG> leave the question of what a french gendarm is or does, open.
 >
 > True enough
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