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

I like the idea that Gove pronounces it to rhyme with horrid to avoid any comparison to his name.

Coe vid

I like the idea that Gove pronounces it to rhyme with horrid to avoid any comparison to his name.

I imagine he has to pronounce bovine as bovvine for similar reasons.

I saw a ninety yr old patient today who calls it coving. She is a little deaf.

That is awesome!

Co (like Sebastian Coe) vid (video without the EO). Although I’m so confused after reading all of your responses im not sure I know how I say it!

Co ( like co.uk) vid( like video)

Cove id

My DP says corvid. Drives me potty

@Saggybaggyaggy

Not a pedantic response! They are said completely differently.

Cove, as it what you find on a beach. Plus id. Cove - id.

Ko - as in how the first syllable of Coca-Cola starts. Plus vid as in video. Ko - vid.

Don't ask the question re pronunciation then pretend different phonetic spellings sound the same.

Ko vid And Cove is

So I s exactly the same to me

They are different if you highlight where the emphasis is.
Kovid / Kovid
Coveid / Coveid

If I say them out loud I can hear a difference. It's a very very small difference but it's there.

Well you guys gonna love this. Someone insist you pronounce Covid as Kyveed. I'm having a debate right now with him on FB lol 😂