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title: How Do You Spell Warren Buffett? The Money Spelling Bee
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![Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Annual General Meeting](https://img.money.com/2016/05/gettyimages-5269278502.jpg)
*Warren Buffett*

Today kicks off the 2016 edition of the [National Spelling Bee](http://spellingbee.com/). Over the next two days, kids from across the country will gather in Baltimore to pull off astounding feats of orthography. (Hard-core dictionary fans can watch Thursday night's finals live on ESPN.)

Inspired by the presence of a bee champion in our very own midst—Money reporter Kerry Close, 2006 winner (word: Ursprache)—we decided to hold our own office competition. Turns out that without spell-check, personal finance journalists actually have a difficult time with the terms we use every day.

***Read next: [5 Lessons I Learned From Winning The National Spelling Bee](https://money.com/national-spelling-bee-lessons/)***

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