DH pronounces it "covvid"

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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?

It's not short for Coronavirus

Er, yes it is.

I call it SARS-CoV-2

I know a few people who say ‘covvid’. They’re all elderly, quite posh, men. I’ve no idea why that demographic would be more likely to pronounce it like that.

My FIL says covvid - stupid pronunciation. He’s very posh and it’s very affected. Hate it.

I say it like your DP...never occurred to me I was wrong 🤣

what? It’s not short for coronavirus!

Whaaat?

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss

No it's not short for coronavirus omg nearly 3 years on and people still don't grasp the basic scientific facts!

My DH says pinguin for penguin. I think he has just said it incorrectly for so long that he cannot unlearn it. Also, says caSHEW nuts (like he is sneezing) rather than CAshew.

My DH says Los Vegas instead of Las Vegas. Drives me mad.
my tweens hate the way I pronounce bubble tea. Apparently I say it wrong

Oh my DH does this as well! Just why?

@MandyMotherOfBrian
. . . mispronunciation of Gove . . .

How do you say it, @Snoopsnoggysnog?

I say bubble TEA. According to the tweens that’s wrong and I should say “BUBBLE tea” with the emphasis on the first word

Mine too. Nobody says:
Eggs Husband, or
Eggs, Y, Z, or
Doctor Eggs, or
let's have seggs

Oh, I so agree! Delighted to have found somebody else who thinks wool lovers sounds better than ‘wool overs’ I thought I was alone!

Absolutely NOBODY says ‘Covvid ’. He sounds like a dick.

But the "id" in Covid stands for "identity". By your logic shouldn't you pronounce it "covv-eyed"?

Of course you should - there are lots of teas, so the first word indicates what sort of tea you're talking about so takes the emphasis.

Similarly it would sound odd to say; fountain pen, marker pen or pig pen.

Generally compound nouns (bubble tea, corkscrew, etc) have the stress on the first element. It's not to do with the meaning though, but the syllables. Often, the second element of a compound has one syllable "tea" and one syllable words don't carry word stress as word stress. (Compound verbs and adjectives have the stress usually on the second part of the compound)

So do I. Took me years followed by an eye roll to realise what it actually was.

IME the people who say COVID in an unusual way tend to be a certain type of person. I know someone who always says Covid-19 but he's so self important that it fits with everything else about him.
My xh always said Michael Guv, rather than Gohve. Not the only reason I divorced him, but it did lead to more discussion on the man than I needed.
I say Wool Lovers too.

I know virologists who say it both ways ... it doesn't matter. It's just an acronym too
I say co vid too
Covvid, even if corona is not pronounced a long 'co' virus is a different sound too - vy type sound .. so perhaps if that is correct about the 'Co' being a short sound, the vi part should be a long sound co-viiii-d
Sounds stupid 🤔

No it's not short for coronavirus Grin omg nearly 3 years on and people still don't grasp the basic scientific facts!

Indeed, you don't grasp basic scientific facts, @Wheredoallthepensgo after 3 years!

Here's the University of Edinburgh (one of the oldest in the UK, and a world-leading research-led scientific centre):
blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/covid-19-acronym/

Here's the UK government glossary (scroll down):
post.parliament.uk/covid-19-glossary/#Understanding-the-biology-of-the-virus

@BoxOfCats But the "id" in Covid stands for "identity". By your logic shouldn't you pronounce it "covv-eyed"?
No it doesn't. The VI is for virus. D is for disease. What did you think the 'V' was for?