Quote Originally Posted by Hsu
I was playing FFI last night and I had this theory that they had to abbreviate Gold to fit a certain character length, and then from there it was just a mistranslation. GOLD->GOL->GIL.

It's kind of like R=U except I'm awesome.
Except that they made it fit the 2 character length by calling it "G". I therefore conclude no.

Clearly, the money is named after either an important ruler or the founder of the economic system. In this case, that person is obviously Gillian Anderson of X Files fame. If you need further proof, just consider that Gillian Anderson is teh hotness. I rest my case.