Keeping up to date with Greek
Variants of concern:
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron
Variants of interest:
Lambda, Mu
Former variants of interest:
Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa
Skipped letters: Nu & Xi
Next:
Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega
Will Nu and Xi be the only ones skipped?
“WHO best practices for naming diseases suggest avoiding ‘causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups,”
A variant of concern is not a disease...
May some more be cancelled?
Prudes may find Omega offensive
labellacoppia.com/2018/10/15/the…
Pi means Ghost in Thai
theculturetrip.com/asia/thailand/…
Chi is a name in Vietnam
thenamemeaning.com/chi/
and China
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_(surn…
A river in Thailand
A person's guardian spirit or God in Odinani
WHO knows?
Rho? The meaning of Rho is 'from Rhodes, field of roses. '
babynamemeaningz.com/Rho-meaning-21…
Sigma? A professional group may object?
sigma-global.com/en/
Tau? Means "lion" in Tswana and Sotho. The name of the last ruler of the Rolong in South Africa
behindthename.com/name/tau
Upsilon Sigma Phi?
No way, says the oldest Greek-letter organization and fraternity in Asia.
Founded in 1918, it is also the oldest student organization in continuous existence in the University of the Philippines
esquiremag.ph/culture/lifest…
Psi?
Urban Dictionary says not a good idea...
urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…
Omega?
Omega Males say NO!
urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…
and for the non faint hearted
pack-the-pack.tumblr.com/post/173753090…
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