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Old 12-01-2009, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses View Post
If you listen to some of the old recordings of Stella talking, she pronounces Omicron totally differently from the way I was taught. Instead of a long O she says it with a short o and the end is different too.
Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard Omicron pronounced with a long O sound at the beginning. I've always heard the initial O pronounced like the o it hot.

Trivia for the day:

Omicron and Omega literally mean "little (micro) O" and "big (mega) O."
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