WE all commit grammar gaffes from time to time, but some are just so bad they go viral online – even more than a decade later. Tech billionaire Larry Ellison made the unfortunate choice to name his then-new German-built superyacht Izanami – which, spelt backwards, reads ‘I’m a Nazi’. After...
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WE all commit grammar gaffes from time to time, but some are just so bad they go viral online – even more than a decade later.
Tech billionaire Larry Ellison made the unfortunate choice to name his then-new German-built superyacht Izanami – which, spelt backwards, reads ‘I’m a Nazi’.
After it was pointed out to him, the Oracle co-founder was reportedly horrified and rushed to paint over the name, settling on the less-offensive alternative of Ronin.
Despite having not owned the yacht since 2013, the blunder still haunts Ellison, and is doing the rounds on the internet again.
“That is such a classic billionaire blunder… it is the perfect intersection of high-end pretension and a total lack of basic proofreading,” one social media user commented.
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