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Modern Greek preserves this pronunciation of the word.”

“In Greek, the acute accent is on the first o (ὄμικρον), and while this denotes pitch - an upward inflexion of the voice - rather than, strictly, emphasis, it is likely that somewhat more stress was placed on the first syllable. “So, O-mi-cron, definitely not oh-MY-cron,” he said.Įmma Aston, Professor of Classics, also added: “For a Classicist like me, the pronunciation O-mikron (emphasis on the first syllable, and that syllable a short o as in English ‘box’) is preferable. While the editor of BBC’s news channels joked, “Guilty as charged, I did not do Greek at school.”Īccording to Richard Catling, Assistant Editor, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names: “The correct pronunciation is to emphasize the first syllable the first o and the i are both short corresponding to Greek όμικρον (literally ‘little o’ as opposed to omega - ‘large o’). One person jumped to the defence on Twitter and said: “That’s not how Greeks pronounce it.”

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