gryffron wrote:And more importantly: when did omi-cron come to be pronounced oh-micron? Is that the metric pronunciation?
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gryffron wrote:And more importantly: when did omi-cron come to be pronounced oh-micron? Is that the metric pronunciation?
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gryffron wrote:And more importantly: when did omi-cron come to be pronounced oh-micron? Is that the metric pronunciation?
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UncleEbenezer wrote:gryffron wrote:And more importantly: when did omi-cron come to be pronounced oh-micron? Is that the metric pronunciation?
British newsreaders have been instructed to pronounce oh-Macron, but can't quite bring themselves to go all the way.
UncleEbenezer wrote:Newsreader on World Service now says "omnicron".
Mike4 wrote:Lol, reminds me of a mate of mine who pronounces the word "poppadom", "pompadom" in Indian restaurants and has done so for many years.
jfgw wrote:Mike4 wrote:Lol, reminds me of a mate of mine who pronounces the word "poppadom", "pompadom" in Indian restaurants and has done so for many years.
I hope it doesn't mean anything rude.
If he goes to Spain and wants chicken, make sure he asks for "pollo" and not "polla" unless he would be equally happy with penis.
Julian F. G. W.
jfgw wrote:Mike4 wrote:Lol, reminds me of a mate of mine who pronounces the word "poppadom", "pompadom" in Indian restaurants and has done so for many years.
I hope it doesn't mean anything rude.
If he goes to Spain and wants chicken, make sure he asks for "pollo" and not "polla" unless he would be equally happy with penis.
Julian F. G. W.
nimnarb wrote:
Omicron is an anagram of Moronic. As in "it is moronic that we are still dealing with Covid".
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