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Re:Why WHO skipped 2 Greek letters to name new variant ‘Omic... by _djo_ on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:38PM (#29370921)
Yet in that same article they admit they hadn’t seen any actual negative impact.

If you’re going to name your airline after the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet you can’t exactly claim ownership over the name or insist that nobody else ever use it for anything.

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Re:Why WHO skipped 2 Greek letters to name new variant ‘Omic... by areyousure on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:49PM (#29371649)
And yet, if your name matches the 14th letter and is itself only two letters long in the Latin alphabet ...
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