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"The apostrophe has a function, " says Thomas Gasque, an English professor who spent years on South Dakota's Geographic Names Authority.
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In 1906, he ordered the standardization of geographic names for federal use.
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"I like the names: National Geographic, USA Today, People, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, CNN, Associated Press, Channel 2, Channel 5, Channel 12 and so on, " he said.
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"We don't want to confuse riders by providing names that are not geographic in nature, " Mr. Ortiz said.
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It also outlines proposals for children to be taught a chronological history of Britain, to begin to write simple computer programs at age five and to learn the names of continents, oceans, countries and geographic features, as well as how to use maps and compasses in geography lessons.
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But some U.S. cities have names as American as apple pie, channeling the 253 year old founding principals of this country into geographic locations.
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