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Re: Launchpad's tone of voice

 

On 12 July 2011 15:17, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Julian Edwards
> <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
>> I've always advocated that we should strive to be as country/culture agnostic
>> as possible.
>
> The Economist style guide, which Launchpad's own style guide defers
> to, strives for this.
>
> <http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=673931>

Which is home to this statement:

  "Cricket is a game not a sport."

One of the reasons I love the Economist style guide.

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Matthew Revell -- https://launchpad.net/~matthew.revell
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