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

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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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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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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.

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

VOA: special.2010.11.08

And if you think they sound strange, consider doughboy and GI Joe.

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

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Some students of military words have another explanation of GI.

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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.

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Today,a doughboy or GI may be called a grunt.

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GI status means that only pepper actually grown in Kampot can use that name.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

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

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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.

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She says the GI project will protect the environment in this region and make sure that Kampot pepper keeps its high quality and is not mixed with lesser quality peppers.

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