2011《财富》最愚蠢商业事件大盘点（下）

巴菲特的名字被拼错了173次

    他是世界上最富有，也是最常被人们提起的人之一。然而，那些把他的每一句话都奉为圭臬的财经媒体却时常弄错他的名字。

    他是沃伦•巴菲特（Warren Buffett）。“Buffett”中含有两个字母“t”。但许多人只用一个“t”，写成了“Buffet”，结果听起来好像是一场可以敞开肚皮吃的自助餐饕餮盛宴。

    沃伦•巴菲特观察（Warren“Buffet”Watch）博客自3月份推出，迄今它已经捕捉了173次拼写错误（当然实际肯定不止这个数）。

    犯错的包括大多数主要金融出版物、广播、白宫、国会、大学和巴菲特最近收购的一家奥马哈报纸。没错，美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)及其旗下的财经频道（CNNMoney）和《财富》杂志（Fortune）也把巴菲特的名字拼错了许多次。——莱克斯•哈里斯

    译者：任文科

Buffett's name misspelled 173 times

    He's one of the world's richest people and also one of the most quoted. And yet, the business media that hangs on his every word routinely gets his name wrong.

    It's Warren Buffett, with two "tt's". Use one t -- as so many do -- and it's "Buffet," which, you know, sounds like one of those all-you-can eat things.

    Warren 'Buffet' Watch captured 173 mess-ups since its launch in March (there were surely many more).

    Offenders included most major financial publications, broadcasters, the White House and Congress, the Omaha paper Buffett recently acquired, and universities. And yes, CNN -- and CNNMoney and Fortune -- made more than a few appearances. -- Lex Haris