It would have been so much simpler using latin letters (since the basic name is already using latin letters) and have covid-19-a, covid-19-b etc. Or numbers -

It would have been so much simpler using latin letters (since the basic name is already using latin letters) and have covid-19-a, covid-19-b etc. Or numbers -v1, -v2 etc. Or semver (1.3, 1.4, 2, ...). The current naming is not even pronounced currently (at least in France), omicron is prononced with o.n at the end (the English way) instead of the french way (on being a single sound). I have no idea why, given that everyone here loses their shit evertime English is nibbling on French.