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It has been spelled both ways over the years. The oldest charts all tended to spell it "Moskito", although there are also a number of pretty old chart on public display in the BVI (ie. in the old Government House museum) that refer to it as "Mosquito" island, and modern charts almost all refer to it as "Mosquito" island. I don't know whether the implication is that the word mosquito was just spelled differently in ye olden days. Richard Branson has exhibited a preference for referring to it as "Moskito" island (and as the owner, his views count for something), but it is a bit tricky to say which is "correct". My own view is that "Moskito" is probably more correct (probably with a redirect from the other spelling), but a section on the alternative names is certainly appropriate. --Legis (talk - contribs) 20:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
