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DH pronounces it "covvid"

260 replies

Zib · 27/12/2022 10:43

Repeatedly,

Every time I feel a little twist of contempt.

It's Covid, Co as in .co.uk and vid as in video. Isn't it? AIBU?

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ladygindiva · 27/12/2022 10:44

Yanbu. Ltb. Mine says " tuthpaste" instead of toothpaste. It's a real problem.

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:47

I pronounce it 'Covvid'. It's short for 'Coronavirus'. You wouldn't say 'Co - ronavirus' - it's 'Corona' as in the word 'Coronation'.

clary · 27/12/2022 10:48

Yeh deffo ltb. Mine says scratting instead of scratching which is also really annoying.

Mind you I say WhatsApp and hot dog wrongly, apparently, so have no leg to stand on.

asdhelp123 · 27/12/2022 10:49

how do you say them @clary?

FlowerLilyFix · 27/12/2022 10:50

Oh yes my boss kept doing this! It gave me boss ‘ick’

SeenAndNot · 27/12/2022 10:50

YANBU. Pil do this and it’s like nails on a chalkboard

Hbh17 · 27/12/2022 10:52

He is BU to be mentioning this at all. Don't think I've even used the word for the best part of 2 years, as it's very tedious and now completely irrelevant.

clary · 27/12/2022 10:53

I get the stress wrong and my kids laugh.

WhatsApp I say like what's up instead if stressing the 'Whats'

Hot dog I say like actual dogs that are overheated- stressing the dogs not the hot 🤷‍♀️🤣

Unicorntastic · 27/12/2022 10:53

ladygindiva · 27/12/2022 10:44

Yanbu. Ltb. Mine says " tuthpaste" instead of toothpaste. It's a real problem.

That is a regional pronunciation though, i used to say it growing up in the Midlands and alternate between the 2 now

asdhelp123 · 27/12/2022 10:55

Oh that’s funny @clary . 😂

Do you say TikTok like that too? You can wind teens up with that one.

stockpilingallthecheese · 27/12/2022 10:55

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:47

I pronounce it 'Covvid'. It's short for 'Coronavirus'. You wouldn't say 'Co - ronavirus' - it's 'Corona' as in the word 'Coronation'.

Is it?? ConfusedGrin maybe also a regional thing as I and everyone I know calls it Coronavirus that's sounds like Corona, not Coronation!

asdhelp123 · 27/12/2022 10:56

My PIL say covvid too - very strange

planefullofotters · 27/12/2022 10:56

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:47

I pronounce it 'Covvid'. It's short for 'Coronavirus'. You wouldn't say 'Co - ronavirus' - it's 'Corona' as in the word 'Coronation'.

It’s not short for coronavirus. Covid is a TYPE of coronavirus.

ChristmasChair · 27/12/2022 10:56

This is ick territory, right?

(Lighthearted!)

Patanat · 27/12/2022 10:56

I think the covvid pronunciation was a rival for a short time, but there really is no excuse for it now!

Best example of this was a reporter on TV pronouncing Theresa May’s first name as ‘Tuh-ress-a’ while she was prime minister. How did he not realise he was the only person in the country saying it like this? Why did nobody tell him before he went on TV? Or is that the way she says it and she’s given up trying to correct the 99.999% of the population who get it wrong?

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 27/12/2022 10:56

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:47

I pronounce it 'Covvid'. It's short for 'Coronavirus'. You wouldn't say 'Co - ronavirus' - it's 'Corona' as in the word 'Coronation'.

Err,I would and do 😂

ColdHandsHotHead · 27/12/2022 10:57

LTB

thelobsterquadrille · 27/12/2022 10:57

clary · 27/12/2022 10:48

Yeh deffo ltb. Mine says scratting instead of scratching which is also really annoying.

Mind you I say WhatsApp and hot dog wrongly, apparently, so have no leg to stand on.

Scratching and scratting are two different words but they essentially mean the same thing.

thelobsterquadrille · 27/12/2022 10:58

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:47

I pronounce it 'Covvid'. It's short for 'Coronavirus'. You wouldn't say 'Co - ronavirus' - it's 'Corona' as in the word 'Coronation'.

It's not short for Coronavirus 😬

Clymene · 27/12/2022 10:58

I worked with a guy who did this. I really liked him but it made me not want to work with him any more. Petty I know.

MamaFirst · 27/12/2022 10:58

I have never heard anyone say covvid?! Rage inducing, ltb.

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:58

planefullofotters · 27/12/2022 10:56

It’s not short for coronavirus. Covid is a TYPE of coronavirus.

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This is incorrect. It's short for:
Co[rona] V[irus] ID[entity] [20]19.

RenoDakota · 27/12/2022 10:58

ladygindiva · 27/12/2022 10:44

Yanbu. Ltb. Mine says " tuthpaste" instead of toothpaste. It's a real problem.

Is he from Norfolk?

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 27/12/2022 10:59

thelobsterquadrille · 27/12/2022 10:58

It's not short for Coronavirus 😬

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Yes, it is:

Co[rona] V[irus] ID[entity] [20]19.

Patanat · 27/12/2022 10:59

My dad does this with Mars bar, @clary . Mars BAR!