>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_mountains
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Rockies

Right, "The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the 
North American Rocky Mountains range."

Or indeed,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains

"The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain 
range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 
4,800 kilometers from northernmost British Columbia, in Canada, to 
New Mexico, in the United States. "

Honestly, I'm not lying, and you can ask anyone (using the 
internet!): in the world outside the USA, "rocky mountains" means the 
whole range; it's only in {as far as I know, some parts of} the USA 
that people use "rocky mountains" to mean "the US part of the R.M." 
and it's only in {as far as I know, some parts of} the USA that 
people use "canadian rockies" to mean the bit of the R.M. in Canada.

{This is utterly non-mysterious and is exactly analogous to - say - 
"canadian bacon" ... no amazing mystery.}

An interesting point here is that a highly intelligent person (you, 
Viking) from the USA does (apparently) honestly not believe me when I 
mention this, i.e., you (apparently) actually honestly do not believe 
me that everyone in the world (other than in USA) uses "rocky 
mountains" for the whole range.  (Exactly, precisely, as "Alps" or 
"Himalayas" means the entire range in those cases - spanning various 
countries.)

I mean I'm not lying; ask others if you like :O

Perhaps even more astonishing, and here's one for RAH too: you know 
Lightning's manager in _Cars_ ... guess who did the voice in the 
UK/GB version of the film?  Our mate Clarkson!  Heh!

[Does anyone get the subject line here?!  :)  ]

>Don't get in to a trivia debate unless you know what you're on about eh!
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>Viking Coder

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