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Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]

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Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]

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Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards

Oracle founder Larry Ellison named his 191-foot superyacht "Izanami," only to change his mind after finding out what it spelled backwards.

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It is the name of a Japanese deity, so I think it is an actual accident. Funny as fuck though!

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