One Man is An Island
99% Invisible
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The Consequences of Local Usage
All around Cambridge there's John T. Johnny Collins Square, Commander Francis X. Buddy Foster Square and Robert E. Goodman Road. These places are not recognized by the U.S. Board of Geographic names. But that said, local usage is something the Board takes into account when it's evaluating a proposal. So if local folks know what to call it and everybody calls it that, then you have a lot more weight going to the government saying, I'd like to name this island this.
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