Re: G.I. (was: Commas in official names)

Peter Moylan:
That reminds me that one of last week's questions asked what GI stood
for. Everyone in the room got it wrong. That might surprise the
Americans here assembled, but I suspect that most non-Americans would
have had trouble with that question.

Richard Fontana:
Actually, no surprise -- I suspect that most Americans wouldn't know
either -- not even Sparky. I myself was under the impression that it
stood for "General Infantry", but apparently this is a folk etymology.

Tony Cooper:
You've got to be joking. My dog knows it is "Government Issue".

Interesting. The expansion I remember is "General Inductee". But I wasn't
sure it was right. SBF has it as "General Issue".

Of course, SGML users know it's really :-) Generic Identifier.
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