QUOTE(Datu Mandub @ Mar 17 2007, 10:05 PM) [snapback]2797957[/snapback]
Philippine Islands. Because its what the archipelago was called before we became a republic. Our grandparents who once lived here during the american period then migrated to the U.S. still refers to the archipelago as P.I. even after it became a republic.
You're right, PI refers to Philippine Islands during American occupation because this is what the Postal abbreviation of the islands back then.
This same goes with Hawaii when it was still a US territory, it was called Hawaiian Islands back then and the postal abbreviation is HI, but when Hawaii entered the Union in 1959, Hawaiian Islands became just Hawaii, but the postal abbreviation remains though.
Anways, PI can also refer to the British territory in the Pacific, the Pitcairn Islands.
Also the term PI is also mean Pekpek Inspector, this according to a friend of mine referring to his girlfriend's job as a Gynaecologist.