Most people say the letters GI were a short way to say general issue or government issue.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Diets by numbers and letters -eDiets, Number Seven, The GI Diet.

还有关于数字和字母的减肥法,E减肥法,数字七,GI减肥法

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you do certain amount of years in the military, and then you get what's called a GI bill,

你先在军队服役几年，当你退役的时候，你就能获得美国军队的补贴,

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They say that instead of government issue or general issue, GI came from the words galvanized iron.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The Dictionary of Soldier Talk says GI was used for the words galvanized iron in a publication about the vehicles of the early twentieth century.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Over the years Congress has passed legislation like the "GI Bill of Rights."

VOA: special.2010.11.08

The one most often heard was GI, or GI Joe.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Soldiers often say, We GId the place. And when an area looks good, soldiers may say the area is GI. Strangely,though, GI can also mean poor work, a job badly done.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Angela Vestergaard, Farmlink's marketing director, leads the effort to secure GI status.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

But growers are hopeful that if Kampot pepper can earn GI protection next year, the province can regain its status as one of the world's premier pepper growing regions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16