diff --git a/src/Menus.cpp b/src/Menus.cpp
index fbe1a63e3..6661a315b 100644
--- a/src/Menus.cpp
+++ b/src/Menus.cpp
@@ -786,10 +786,9 @@ void AudacityProject::CreateMenusAndCommands()
       c->AddItem(wxT("Record"), _("&Record"), FN(OnRecord), wxT("R"));
       c->AddItem(wxT("TimerRecord"), _("&Timer Record..."), FN(OnTimerRecord), wxT("Shift+T"));
       c->AddItem(wxT("RecordBelow"), _("Record Below"), FN(OnRecordBelow), wxT("Shift+R"));
-      // I decided to duplicate this between play and record, rather than put it at the top level.
-      // However I must not set the short cut here, as setting it twice disables it!
-      // TODO: find a way that it is OK to have the same shortcut for a repeated function.
-      c->AddItem(wxT("Pause"), _("&Pause"), FN(OnPause));//, wxT("P"));
+      // JKC: I decided to duplicate this between play and record, rather than put it 
+      // at the top level.  AddItem can now cope with simple duplicated items.
+      c->AddItem(wxT("Pause"), _("&Pause"), FN(OnPause), wxT("P"));
       c->EndSubMenu();
 
       // Scrubbing sub-menu
diff --git a/src/commands/CommandManager.cpp b/src/commands/CommandManager.cpp
index 902cc7fb3..152b18dc7 100644
--- a/src/commands/CommandManager.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CommandManager.cpp
@@ -848,6 +848,14 @@ CommandListEntry *CommandManager::NewIdentifier(const wxString & name,
    int index,
    int count)
 {
+   // If we have the identifier already, reuse it.
+   CommandListEntry *prev = mCommandNameHash[name];
+   if (!prev);
+   else if( prev->label != label );
+   else if( multi );
+   else
+      return prev;
+
    {
       // Make a unique_ptr or shared_ptr as appropriate:
       auto entry = make_movable<CommandListEntry>();
@@ -918,7 +926,7 @@ CommandListEntry *CommandManager::NewIdentifier(const wxString & name,
    mCommandIDHash[entry->id] = entry;
 
 #if defined(__WXDEBUG__)
-   CommandListEntry *prev = mCommandNameHash[entry->name];
+   prev = mCommandNameHash[entry->name];
    if (prev) {
       // Under Linux it looks as if we may ask for a newID for the same command
       // more than once.  So it's only an error if two different commands