DH pronounces it "covvid"

[Zib]

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?

The 'Co' part of 'Covid' is short for Coronavirus. I'm aware the whole word isn't short for 'Coronavirus' as there is no 'D' in 'Coronavirus', but the 'Co' is short for 'Coronavirus' in the name of the disease, and 'Coronavirus' is not pronounced 'Co - ronavirus'.

AIBU and GCSE are acronyms, so not an accurate comparison.

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss yes, but you don't always pronounce "Co" the same way no matter what - it depends on what comes after it.

You don't pronounce begging "beeging" just because it begins with "be".

It's not as if the dictionary tells us to pronounce it like coronation...

Yes but saying tooth with a short 'uh' sound is most definitely the correct pronunciation!! Is it only us midlanders who say it like this ?

But COVID is an acronym too 🙈

As you keep saying, it stands for "Co[rona] V[irus] ID[entity] [20]19." it's not a shortened version of "Coronavirus".

Give (Govv?) used to say Covvid so that's enough reason in itself for it to make me clench up.

I'm surrounded by people who say tonn gue though for tongue 😧

What comes after it is irrelevant. Take the words 'Coventry' and 'Covert' for example.

I pronounce the online shop WoolOvers ‘Wool Lovers’. Because I thought WoolOvers sounded silly. Much to the hilarity of my family.

Ah yes, he is from the Midlands and I'm from the southwest so that makes sense. I might let him stay then. 🤣

It isn't an acronym because it isn't formed of initial letters.

Coventry and Covert don't end in the same way, so I'm not sure that's a very good argument 🤣

Yes. It's weird. It's a tooth. Double o.

Yawn. You do know that keep posting to say how irrelevant Covid is to your life is as boring as others who are still obsessed with it?

They both have an 'e' after the 'v'. If both words ended exactly the same way ... they would be the same word.

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss yes it is 🤣

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

It's right there!

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss but they don't end the same way - and are therefore pronounced differently 🙈

It's a play on pullovers I think.
But your way is nicer.

How are you meant to pronounce meme? I thought it was 'meem' (to rhyme with team), but someone else I know says 'mem' (to rhyme with men) 🤔🤔

I work with someone who calls it connavirus. And he still talks about it all the time so he says it a lot.

Makes me homicidal.

If it was an acronym it would simply be CI19. An acronym is formed from the initial letters of other words - not the first two letters of a series of words.

You are home ill with a now common virus! The rest is irrelevant really!

Meem. It would be mem if like the French même.

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss actually that's not the definition of an acronym.

According to the dictionary:

An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in NATO, but sometimes use syllables, as in Benelux.

You're talking absolute bollocks now @PlaitBilledDuckyPuss

Also corona is a Mexican beer. Pronounced Corona, not coroner.