One of several lessons I took from the Guardian style guide, for which I am grateful, is an entirely rational hatred of the word "iconic."
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@guardianstyle is still wrong about "baked alaska." Everyone is wrong about "baked alaska.) -
I'm thinking about this because i just left the word "gotten" in a story, because I CAN DO THAT NOW.
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"even if our own writers rarely follow it"
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said with an exhaustion only a british editor can achieve, I suspect.
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isn't it iconic? don't you think? It's like raayaiiin on your wed...Oh. Oops.
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I've banned 'icon' and 'legend' from all obits
@mccanner@MartinxHodgsonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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