Pedants' Corner

[Bob Olive]

Hi Howard,
I'm too busy getting worked up about the pronunciation of Omicron. I maintain it should be a long O as in Omega and an EE as in
Oh-mi-cron rather than Ommickron to be concerned about anyone else's feelings!

You may be interested in the Cambridge University's website which demonstrates the UK pronunciation vs the US version. Click of the relevant speaker symbols to hear it. Mary Beard also has an opinion on the matter...