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Who proof-read this article?

Someone who knows how to follow the BBC style guide.

ICANN is pronounced "I can" not "I. C. A. N. N." so they write Icann.

edit: See "Acronyms" section in http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art201307021...




They include among their exceptions to that rule "looks like a typo".


Presumably if you're used to the BBC's style (and this style is much more common generally in the UK than in the US - many of the major newspapers spell acronyms similarly) it doesn't look like a typo.




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