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?

Hence it's an acronym using the first two letters of the first 2 words (like WI FI) and first of the last word, and so is pronunce CO - VI - D <gavel>

The OED describes it as an abbreviation, not an acronym:

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English coronavirus disease 2019.
Etymology: Shortened < coronavirus disease 2019 < coronavirus n. + disease n. + 2019..

I'm confused how is it supposed to be pronounced?
Someone I know says co vid

Co as is co for cough

My old university lecturer used to pronounce the first bit of the word “ideology” so that it came out id to rhyme with Sid, rather than ide to rhyme with hide. Never heard anyone else do that.

I say co as in Jerry and co.

I used to do that at first until Dd talked me out of it!

My friend spelt it Corvid...I cringed for her.

CDC calls it an acronym www.cdc.gov/library/covid19/acronyms.html. (but they are American ....)

Sorry www.cdc.gov/library/covid19/acronyms.html

Yes, which means it's an acronym and therefore the "Co" is pronounced differently to the "Co" in Coronavirus.

Exactly! Because C - O is pronounced CO like Steve Coe.

My family laugh at me every time I talk about needing to install the latest iphone software cos I say it as "eye oss". Makes sense to me!

I think you are being a little AIBU, although I am enjoying the thread and freely admit to having my own pet word pronunciation irritations.
(For example - 'pronounciation' not 'pronounce-iation' 😂)
Language is a wonderful living, fluid thing and we are all tribal - so long may it develop I say. If he wants to say covvid - so be it!

As the song goes ...."Potato - potato. Covid - Covvid"....
(My own bug bear is "haitch" with an 'h' for 'aitch' ! 🤣)

Reminds me of the paracetamol ibuprofen debates

Para-seat-amol
Para-set-amol

I-bu-profen
Iburo-fen

Another one that confuses me Asos
A-sos
Ass-os
A S O S

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And that should be "pronunciation" !!!! 😂

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Dp pronounces prostate as prostrate. A bit grating. This didn't matter much until he got prostate cancer. I aim never to correct him as what kind of cow would correct a man naming his own cancer...

Yes, and the OED also says that all acronyms are abbreviations

IOS is 'eye os' even though it should be I. O. S for iPhone operating system isn't it? Lots of people call it eye os for short instead of eye oh ess don't they? The Mac guys at work call it eye os.

Or people who put the emphasis on the wrong part of the word or saying ie: fine TOOTH comb. A comb for your teeth that’s fine?

I'm struggling to understand how he pronounces it. Covvid- so he says - cov-vid? How would you even notice that when said as a full word? I'm confused.

Or is he pronouncing it cow-vid? I don't understand

It's irrelevant whether it's an acronym. So is NATO, and the 'AT' bit of it is short for 'Atlantic', yet we don't pronounce 'NATO' with a flat 'a'. When you turn things into acronyms or abbreviations, they often acquire their own pronunciation. I have never heard anyone (including medical experts in the media) call it Covvid. It's pronounced Covid with a long 'o', whatever its origin.

I'm struggling to understand how he pronounces it. Covvid- so he says - cov-vid? How would you even notice that when said as a full word? I'm confused.

The OP is using the double v to indicate pronouncing the 'o' as a short 'o' rather than a long 'oh', because that's the effect that a double consonant usually has. See 'holy' vs 'holly', 'bony' vs 'bonny' etc.

No, it doesn't. Here's the entry for 'MOT' (my bold)

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Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Ministry of Transport.
Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Ministry of Transport.
The name of the test has been retained although the relevant department of the British Government has been renamed.
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Ministry of Transport; (in extended use in the United Kingdom) (more fully MOT test) a compulsory annual test of the roadworthiness of a motor vehicle older than a specified age; a certificate of passing such a test. Also attributive, as MOT certificate, MOT pass, etc.

I give you, care of dh

Pompadoms

And, It was pandemonia (not pandemonium)