So, there has been this invasion annoyance pandemic going on for a couple of years now. Something called the coronavirus (COVID-19) has invaded the planet. To make matters worse, it decided to mutate instead of just going away. We went from discussing and fearing Covid-19 to taking cover hiding from learning about different variants of this virus. In order to distinguish between the variants so we can further discuss and learn more about them, we needed some new names. The Scientist's got together and said, hey, let's name the variants by using the Greek alphabet! This is where all of the Greeks start to cringe. "Great, people across the world mispronouncing the Greek alphabet. How fun."
First up, the Delta variant. Delta is a good, strong letter (some people might argue that it's a great letter). It isn't that difficult to pronounce, right? Delta. This happened to be one of the stronger of the variants, so, we will accept your hard "D" sound and move right along.
Next up is the Omicron variant. Pronounced oh-me-crohn. Please note those long "o" sounds. Feel free to practice that a few times. Omicron. That means that it is not pronounced, omni-cran. Don't even think of saying, "ahv-rahn" which is Google's mis pronunciation. And it is definitely not omni-crayon. The last time I checked, there were no crayons in the Greek alphabet. Omicron. See how easy that is to say? You can now go and impress your friends.
I guess we will have to stick around and see what letter gets destroyed ruined used with the next outbreak. And to the Greek people in the world, brace yourselves. I don't think this is going to get any better.
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