Anybody ever heard of this?

[Michelle Hutton]

Has anybody ever heard of garmen of France or something close to that? My witness said she was invited by the garmen of France to be a scholar and continue her education and research in France.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I might be way off but there is a Garmen Municipality in france that was split in 2 after some war, one remained in France the other became a part of what is known as Belgium today?

thats the only thing I can think off since there is nothing in wikipedia or google about the "garmen of France"
I mean, if its so great to be called by the "garmen of France" it would at least have more search results than my name, ha!

[Michelle Hutton]

I agree, it sounds good in theory, yet there is really nothing on the Internet acknowledging it. That is helpful to know there is a Garmen Municipality. I didn't know that. Thanks so much.

[Melia Shell]

Could it be Garmin, a GPS manufacturer in France? That's what Google suggests spelled with a "min". Is the witness a techie wiz kid with great potential?

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

very good suggestion.
I knew about them but couldnt make a connection.

[Michelle Hutton]

She majored in Geoscience, petrology and uranium. Might not be a match.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

This is IMO the best possible match, Geoscience is all about mapping earth!
Using GPS in Geoscience Education

[Michelle Hutton]

You're right. I'm going to go with Garmin of France. Thanks so much,

[Melia Shell]

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

Garmin might want her to work in the future on some interesting new products in the research & development stage now.
They do fish finders, navigational devices for aeronautics, etc.
A geoscience major with her other knowledge might be helpful for many applications.

Just guessing.


Sidenote: the company had a team in the Tour de France...

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

Michelle, just wanted to point out that Melia seems to be a good scopist *wink wink*
That was a good catch!

[Melia Shell]

Further, you would write it as Garmin France .
No need for *of*.

Thanks Monti! I need SOMEone in my corner today.

[Michelle Hutton]

Thanks so much for your input. I went ahead and sent it out spelled Garmin. She was an Asian woman with a Chinese accent who said "the Garmin of France." So it kind of made it sound like some kind of royalty, but I think it was Garmin, the company. This is what happens when you forget to mark something for a spelling to ask the witness about, lots of time spent figuring out what was meant. Got to be more careful.

[Deborah M.]

I may be way off but could it be the government of France?