Xi is the spelling of China’s leader’s last name. Nu just sounds like the word “new”, but is longer than omicron.
Re:Omicron Variant: Early Analysis
by Pokepokalypse on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:17PM
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Only in Romanized Chinese; which is an English-approximate spelling of how it would be pronounced. (sort of).
Spelling is different in Chinese, of course, which has fuck-all to do with the Greek letter, or how it would be pronounced in English.
People bringing up the Chinese leader pronounced name's English spelling, to confuse it with a Greek letter, are really reaching hard.
Can someone clarify this part for me please? I find it incredibly hard to trust an author who starts a supposedly serious article with such sensationalist bullshit.