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Seems reasonable to me—imagine being a child in grade school with the same last name as a covid variant.
by jlund-molfese 5y ago
Seems reasonable to me—imagine being a child in grade school with the same last name as a covid variant.
- thepangolino 5y agoWe all know that child is way too old to still be in school.
- brigandish 5y agoThey didn't skip Eta, which is a common enough name if Xi is, especially given that Xi is pronounced ksʌɪ and, if we're focusing on Chinese (does it exist as a name elsewhere?) it's not going to be romanised and a child in grade school won't be aware anyway.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoThe popularity of the name Katrina was relatively stable in the 200-300 most popular range until Hurricane Katrina hit, at which point it declined into the 900s.
- ErikVandeWater 5y agoI think they would survive. If a kid gets picked on for their last name sounding the same as a Covid variant, they were probably going to get picked on for something anyway. Bending over backwards to avoid offending people isn't good policy, because it just lowers the bar for what makes people offended.
- themitigating 5y agoHow is skipping two names bending over backwards
- ErikVandeWater 5y agoHow is it not?
- jlund-molfese 5y agoYes, but I'm sure Chinese[1] kids are tired of covid-related bullying. I can't see the negative effects of eliminating another excuse to bully them. The pronunciation of Xi isn't as well-known anyway, Omicron is better in conversations. [1] I don't really know if this is a family name for anyone outside of the Chinese and overseas Chinese communities
- xanaxagoras 5y agoI'm not buying it. I know 3 of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(surname) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(surname)
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- freemint 5y agoCoronaviruses were named Coronaviruses long before anybody guessed that this might become an international pandemic.