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?

@Zib i want to agree with you because it sounds so annoying but my DB is a senior specialist who has worked on C19 since the beginning of 2020 and he pronounces it covvid (short o like octopus) 🤷‍♀️

Acronyms are a type of abbreviation according to these guys www.rd.com/article/acronym-vs-abbreviation-whats-the-difference

Hope your DH is doing ok with the prostat cancer PP and agree that's a tough one to correct! My bug bear is people who say 'pacifically' instead of 'specifically'.

I quite like pompadoms! Makes them sound fancy 🙂

A friend of mine calls it covvidd. He also pronounced Ebola as "EBBER-ler". Dickhead.

Yeah he needs to go op!

Is he Welsh?

@PlaitBilledDuckyPuss the very definition of acronym in the OED says that acronyms are abbreviations 🙈

You even posted it yourself 40 minutes ago as one of your arguments 🤣

My mispronounced bugbear is when people pronounce the letters EX as Eggz.

Brexit - Breggzit
Example - Eggzample
Exit - Eggzit

@SouperWoman that is oddly comforting. I will use that thought to suppress my irritation

Michael Gove also pronounces it as Covvid.
But that’s ok, I often mispronounce his name too, as Cunt.

In what accent does the first syllable of corona sound like that of coronation?!

It's not difficult, he’s saying the cov bit like the beginning of “Coventry” not “cove” rhyming with rove like most people. Got it now?

Vericle instead of vehicle

help me

The point I'm making is that nowhere does the OED describe 'Covid19' as an acronym. Acronyms might be a form of abbreviation, but not all abbreviations are acronyms. The OED distinguishes between the two, hence 'MOT' is described as an acronym, and Covid19 as a shortening.

But it's not a shortening of one word. It's three three words put together using some of their initial letters. Or a group of shortenings. A.K.A an acronym.

Indeed.

And I doubt the thousands of people still unable to return to work due to Long Covid thinks it "irrelevant", either.

*think not "thinks".

Is MN ever going to have an edit function?

The University of Edinburgh, top RG university and place that tight me scientific conventions, thinks it's an acronym blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/covid-19-acronym/

Mine seems to think a dash means an 'er' sound, so he had an ex-er-ray when he might have broken an ankle. We know a Sarah-Jane who doesn't get an 'er' but an emphasised 'AH' on the Sarah. I don't know how she feels about it but it makes me irrationally angry!

He used to emphasise the SHOOT in Fruit Shoot when DC were small as well. "Should I get some fruit SHOOT while I'm shopping?"

Long 'o' in the middle of words is an Anglophone thing.

Totally agree with the PP about the pronunciation of 'ex' though - 'Brexit' is one of my most hated words to begin with, pronouncing it 'Breggzit' sends me over the edge .

Fruit SHOOT is brilliant.

My ex pronounced women as woman. Many years later I asked him why he used the singular form of woman for plural and he said no one says wo-MEN. Um yeah I know🙄. Definitely gave me the ick 😂

My parents pronounce it covit.. I refuse to discuss it with them any more

Oh and there's Mary Bear-y on TV too! That one does make me smile though!

My DH pronounces Joe Biden as Bidden 🤮

MIL says thee-ATE-er for theatre which is really odd. It doesn’t fit in with the rest of her way of speaking.

Tbf that would drive me bonkers too 🤣

It's like Miranda's mum saying Lady Ga-GAH