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Old 08-19-2009, 04:30 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
The island's name is Hawai'i, as is the State, so "natives" call it The Big Island.
And when used in that context Big Island is capitalized.

Sometimes we jokingly call the Continental US the BIG Big Island, but usually we just say the mainland.

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