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I'm no greek scholar but this was so obvious it hurt my ears listening to the butchery of scientific notation. Anyone with a cursory involvement in physics, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering should know better, ... oh and medical research. "I am Scienece" my ass!

Greek letters are frequently used in statistical formulas and notations, in mathematical composition, in certain chemical names for drugs, and in clinical and technical terms (see 14.11, Abbreviations, Clinical, Technical, and Other Common Terms; 14.12, Abbreviations, Units of Measure; 15.0, Nomenclature; 20.0, Study Design and Statistics; and 21.0, Mathematical Composition). The editors of JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer the use of Greek letters rather than spelled-out words, unless usage dictates otherwise. Consult Dorland's and Stedman's medical dictionaries for general terms.

https://www.amamanualofstyle.com/view/10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001/med-9780195176339-chapter-17

If there is one language engineers are somewhat familiar with (at least indirectly), it would be the Greek language. Why? Because Greek letters are a daily part of an engineer's life and engineers are used to throwing around their names every day. Engineers, as well as mathematicians and scientists in a number of fields, use Greek letters as an alternative for numbers or to describe an object's characteristics.

https://interestingengineering.com/common-uses-greek-letters-science-maths-engineering

I'm no greek scholar but this was so obvious it hurt my ears listening to the butchery of scientific notation. Anyone with a cursory involvement in physics, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering should know better, ... oh and medical research. "I am Scienece" my ass! >Greek letters are frequently used in statistical formulas and notations, in mathematical composition, in certain chemical names for drugs, and in clinical and technical terms (see 14.11, Abbreviations, Clinical, Technical, and Other Common Terms; 14.12, Abbreviations, Units of Measure; 15.0, Nomenclature; 20.0, Study Design and Statistics; and 21.0, Mathematical Composition). The editors of JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer the use of Greek letters rather than spelled-out words, unless usage dictates otherwise. Consult Dorland's and Stedman's medical dictionaries for general terms. https://www.amamanualofstyle.com/view/10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001/med-9780195176339-chapter-17 >If there is one language engineers are somewhat familiar with (at least indirectly), it would be the Greek language. Why? Because Greek letters are a daily part of an engineer's life and engineers are used to throwing around their names every day. Engineers, as well as mathematicians and scientists in a number of fields, use Greek letters as an alternative for numbers or to describe an object's characteristics. https://interestingengineering.com/common-uses-greek-letters-science-maths-engineering

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I think that the mispronunciation is probably intentional, probably intended to make a mental connection to the prefix omni, such as in the words omnipotent, omnicient, omnipresent etc. In other words, it's everywhere and in everything --all powerful and all-knowing.

Also they continually announce that the greek letter xi was skipped over as a variant name, and they mispronounce it as "zee" or "shee," the same as the Chinese president's name, while the greek letter xi is correctly pronounced as "ksaii," or "zaii" (similar to the word sigh).

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That's giving them too much credit. I don't think either one of them consider much past their breakfast.