Typos can be embarrassing, and a tweet by Yahoo Finance on Thursday had the financial news website red-faced and mortified.
Yahoo Finance tweeted a story Thursday, reflecting President-elect Donald Trump's belief that the United States should build a bigger Navy, USA Today reported. The problem: Instead of starting the word "bigger" with a "B," it began with an "N," located to the right of the "B" on the keyboard.
We deleted an earlier tweet due to a spelling error. We apologize for the mistake.
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) January 6, 2017
And the typo for "bigger" was a trigger for some people on Twitter, who offered sarcastic opinions about the mistake.
It's a game of inches @YahooFinance pic.twitter.com/i1Gk2BeKAY
— Jay Scott Smith (@JayScottSmith) January 6, 2017
The 'B' on the keyboard of the Yahoo Finance headline writer: Just press me and hit send on this story.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 6, 2017
The 'N' on the keyboard: pic.twitter.com/yYFnCJLtY1
The hard lesson learned: Always spell check and read carefully before hitting that "send" button.
Cox Media Group
