The origin of the term gendarmerie, so far as I know, goes back to (1) literally, armed men i.e. bearing weapons, which distinguishes them from unarmed police forces and (2) originally gendarmes were cavalry (i.e. military) who were called on to be police, so they were "military" police in the sense of being mounted military... and police, not police which were mounted/military. So the term gendarmerie has the implication of mounted in it, no need to state it separately. And damn it, I hope that makes sense. It does in my head, but sometimes my English is not so good. My apologies if not.
hope that you had good reasons to be up all night, and outside.
Excellent reasons, and it was a good night and has been a good morning. Except that my brain is functioning at perhaps 1/3 usual capacity, and tomorrow I will pay bitterly. (Because it always hits me worse after 24 hours, for some reason.) Still, sometimes such things are necessary, yes? Hopefully you are having a good day. Myself, I think I need yet more coffee...
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Date: 2011-12-22 05:41 pm (UTC)hope that you had good reasons to be up all night, and outside.
Excellent reasons, and it was a good night and has been a good morning. Except that my brain is functioning at perhaps 1/3 usual capacity, and tomorrow I will pay bitterly. (Because it always hits me worse after 24 hours, for some reason.) Still, sometimes such things are necessary, yes? Hopefully you are having a good day. Myself, I think I need yet more coffee...
Edited to inlcude a relevant link, and fix spelling.