How do you pronounce Covid?!

[DontBiteTheBoobThatFeedsYou]

You know when someone pronounces a word completely different from what you have ever heard before?
I just wondered if anyone else pronounced it differently.
Someone today pronounced it Cov-id
Rather than cove-id.

Is this common? Have I only just noticed?!

YABU - it's cov-id
YANBU - it's definitely cove-id

And I'm in chat!

What a plonker

Neither.

Ko-vid

I’m sure it’s cove-id but my DH says Cov-id which really grates.

Co-vid

Cola video

Ko Vid

Co - vid. As does almost everyone else as far as I can tell. There is someone in government (can't remember who) who insists on pronouncing it Cov - id. (probably some complete tit like Michael Gove or Jacob Rees Mogg) I consider this to be attention seeking. I'd like to ask them if they also pronounce Corona as Cor - onn -a.

It's only a matter of time though until the BBC starts pronouncing it Cov- id. The BBC loves to take a weird silly pronunciation and run with it.

to rhyme with horrid

ko vid

As it's short for Corona Virus Disease, you could annoy people further by insisting on Cov eye dee

Cove-id

I work in critical care and out of over 100 members of staff only ONE solitary person pronounces it cov-id. Pretty sure he does it for effect though as he’s that type…..

Michael Gove and Dr John Campbell always say Cov-id so they've been spreading that pronunciation on the telly.

They're both from up north, so is it a regional thing?

I once heard a (British) journalist speaking on the news who pronounced Theresa May’s first name differently to how everyone else says it. This was while she was PM. I wondered if he was making a point or just couldn’t hear the difference. Quite jarring.

I usually sing covid 19 to the tune of come on eileen. Youre welcome

I'm going to channel my inner Hyacinth Bouquet and start pronouncing it with a silent 'd'.

Covfefe

The Vid

@StrictlyAFemaleFemale

I usually sing covid 19 to the tune of come on eileen. Youre welcome

Just for that -

Weeee all live with Covid 19
With Covid 19
With Covid 19

Cove-id or one some local accents, cor-vid.

@Saggybaggyaggy

Neither.

Ko-vid

You mean exactly the same as cove-vid but the added extra of a pendantic response?

Then yes. That.

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba

to rhyme with horrid

Yes! That's exactly what I heard today!

So that's a regularly thing?!

My mum says "covoid" which drives me mad!

I have a friend who I recently saw for the first time in person since the pandemic and I discovered that he says covid to rhyme with horrid. I thought it was really weird because I hadn't heard it anywhere else, but he works at a big health charity so I wondered if that was the official line or something.

I'd pronounce
Cove - id differently to Ko - vid

I'd pronounce it Ko - vid

I pronounce it the normal way like 99.99% of the world - cove-id.

My boss says it co-vid

@waltzingparrot

Michael Gove and Dr John Campbell always say Cov-id so they've been spreading that pronunciation on the telly.

They're both from up north, so is it a regional thing?

Nope, certainly nope.