Well, if you want to be picky, the parent comment asked > When did it get renamed to "Omicron"? which is neither "why" nor "did it happen". Regardless, it se

Well, if you want to be picky, the parent comment asked > When did it get renamed to "Omicron"? which is neither "why" nor "did it happen". Regardless, it seems that the other commenters you're referring to are citing the same sources in the stack exchange thread [1] [2]. I'm not sure what additional clarification your comment has to offer, as there is already speculation on why Xi was skipped [1] [3]. [1] https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/52686 https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/52686 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29374052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29374052 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373580