MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What is Omicron and how do you pronounce it?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What is Omicron and how do you pronounce it?

As you have most likely heard by now there is a new COVID-19 variant, which now been detected here in the U.S. out in California. The name is a little strange though, Omicron. It was named after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. When it comes to how to pronounce it, there’s multiple ways. Here’s what I’ve found:

Both “AH-muh-kraan” and “OH-muh-kraan” are fine . . . the Oxford Dictionary also includes “o-MIKE-ron” . . . and in classical Greek, it was pronounced with the second syllable sounding like “me.”

I’m hoping we won’t have to be saying this at all for much longer… fingers crossed.

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