minus-squareHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzOPtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized ironlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoSo according to my understanding, all of those alternate interpretations are just that, (mis)interpretations of the original galvanized iron applied to people. So I’d say your specific interpretation is not more wrong than any of those mentioned. linkfedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoTIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized ironplus-squarewww.wordorigins.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up134
arrow-up134external-linkTIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized ironplus-squarewww.wordorigins.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyztoscience@lemmy.world•A Quadruple Alignment over ItalylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoThe moon’s glitching tf out linkfedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1290
arrow-up1290external-linkTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square27fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1126
arrow-up1126external-linkTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyztoScience@mander.xyz•Dark oxygen: New deep sea expedition to explore mysterious discoverylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou’ve heard of dark matter, now get ready for… linkfedilink
So according to my understanding, all of those alternate interpretations are just that, (mis)interpretations of the original galvanized iron applied to people. So I’d say your specific interpretation is not more wrong than any of those mentioned.