Co-vid or Cov-id ... how to do say it?

[Dee1975]

Ok, so I probably need to lighten up (!) but I say ‘co-vid’ yet some people on the telly are pronouncing it as ‘cov-id’ and it really winds me up!! What do you say? Am I being unreasonable in thinking they are saying it wrong!!!

[Rhubarbcrumblerules]

Co-vid

[Itstheprinciple]

I say co-vid but have heard both. Just as long as they don't say cORvid like my DH. It makes me scream inside every time.

[sleepismysuperpower1]

go to 2:06 of this video and she does the correct pronunciation, I pronounce it Co-vid

[Tanfastic]

I don't think it matters. I pronounce Co-vid. Everybody else where I work pronounces it the same (NHS).

[bubbleup]

Co-vid. I assume it's that pleb Gove? Why he has to say it different I'll never know

[Crispsnatcher]

Co-vid.... but truthfully, both ways sound the same in my head no matter how much emphasis I put on the i

[Gertie75]

I say cOvid but have heard quite a few pronounce it covvid, maybe it's regional, I'm in Staffs.

[RunningNinja79]

Sorry not sure which is which in your OP, but I say it to rhyme with no rather than have the o said in the same way as in dot (sorry couldn't think of an actual word). For some really irrational reason it irritates me when its pronounced that way. Petty I know.

[MarshaBradyo]

Co to rhyme with show

It makes me double take when other way

[HowLongCanICallitBabyWeight]

Co-vid (like Co-op) but I have a colleague who says Co-vaid like Live aid , I can't get worked up about it though

[22Giraffes]

Co-vid, anything else sounds weird to me!

[thecatsthecats]

I hate cov-id, but mainly because the only person I know who says that is a spectacular arsehole.

[KitKat1985]

Co-Vid.

[OhhhPeee]

Cove-id. The first part rhymes with Gove. Which is ironic, because he pronounces it the other way.

[FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue]

My kids are always telling me off for saying cov - id (i.e. to rhyme with 'of'), and most newsreaders etc seem to say co - vid.

However, it's a made up word! It didn't exist before this year. The 'co' bit comes from corona and the vi from virus. I don't know where the 'd' comes from. So I suppose logically we should pronounce the 'co' in the same way as the first part of 'corona'. Which in my accent is kind of like 'cuh'

HTH!

[FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue]

Just to add: from a linguistic point of view, the 'co' is NOT the same as the 'co' in for example co-parenting. Which is a prefix meaning 'jointly' or 'with'.

Corona means crown. The virus is crown-shaped.

[PlanBea]

Co-vid as it is the Co(Rona) Vi(rus) D(isease)

[cologne4711]

When I did the Futurelearn course they pronounced it co-vee.

[NameChange2PostThis]

I say Co-vid rhymes with Gove-id

But my family member who is a Covid doctor says Cov-id with an o sound same as the o in hover and bother - so I suspect I’m wrong and he’s right.

[Lweji]

Strictly, the vi should be as in virus, so everybody is wrong.

[Whycantibetangy]

I pronounce it Cor - oh - nah

[Lweji]

I pronounce it Cor - oh - nah

Do you really pronounce Covid as Cor-oh-nah?

[SadSisters]

It’s cow-veed (to rhyme with how-seed)

[Dee1975]

Ha yes it is gove! Gets right on my nerves!

[Dee1975]

Glad I’m not the only one who gets annoyed by the ‘cov-id’! ‘Cov(e)-id’ is the way to go!