Other Greek letters that you often see on frat house signs (or the shields of Spartans) like Lambda (λ) Gamma (Γ) and Phi (Φ) are also the same in Russian. (Л, Г, Ф).

In addition to ending the use of the Greek alphabet, the committee also retired four storm names, including 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, and hurricanes Laura, Eta and Iota from the 2020 season.

The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee announced Wednesday that they would not be using the Greek alphabet in the future to name storms.

The Greek alphabet is a millennia-spanning marvel that didn’t necessarily need this boost in visibility. But the world is now getting a lesson in Greek, one unpleasant coronavirus variant at a time.