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>"MITgaard" is usually called just that, not "Borough of MITgaard".
>(Oh yes, some names are based on puns. "MITgaard" is MIT :)

Personally, I am shocked that anyone would consider the thoroughly
researched and documented name of our beloved borough a mere "pun."  It
does, after all, mean something about a bishop.  Or his hat.  Or something.
. .  We think. . .

Tongue firmly in cheek,

Marcus Primus Peregrinus
Treasurer, MITguard