Mispronounced words: how Omicron, cheugy and Billie Eilish tripped us up in 2021

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The world is divided on how to say the name of the latest Covid-19 variant. But however you pronounce it, we can all agree: it’s not as annoying as someone asking for ‘expresso’

Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty ImagesThe new and potentially more virulent Covid-19 variant was first detected in South Africa at the end of November. Young, then.Because that’s how it’s written. IWell, there’s some debate about it. One thing for certain is that it’s among 2021’s most commonly mispronounced words.

 

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