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?

Does he also say pit-za for pizza? Definitely LTB if so.

God, this would drive me INSANE!

I cannot handle it when people mispronounce things at all.

Mine used to say Bri-exit rather than Brexit & I very nearly caved his head in with the Le Creuset.

(I jest, obvs).

Another vote for LTB.

Co. Short for Company.. how do the Covvid team pronounce that?

My Mum does that with the hot dogs and it makes me howl- my son loses it with her, he's all 'Nanny! It's a HOT dog, not a hot DOG!!!'

My Nan also can't pronounce the name Nicole. Obviously it's NicOLE, but she says NICole & let's just say, our Nicole is not a fan of that 😂

It also does my nut when people pronounce MichELLE MEEEEESHelle.

So if I’m following this correctly, you pronounce Coronavirus as Coronayvirus, with the stress on the ‘nay’?

You are literally the only person I have ever heard pronounce it like that if so

Pompadoms!!!! 😂😂😂
Ahahahah this made me laugh out loud

I have a name that is pronounced differently by different accents/ regional variation. It’s still my name, I don’t expect for people to change the way they speak to pronounce it the same as me. That would be very odd…

Are they from a European country by any chance?

Wait what? Isn't that just the English pronunciation?

Not if you work in care its not. My employers still insist on testing if you are unwell and we still have to stay off if we have it until we can produce two negative tests on two consecutive days. Those that work directly with residents are still required to wear masks indoors. I currently have covid and have now lost a fortune because they won’t let me work but would if it were just a cold which my symptoms are pretty much the same as.

Cambridge Dictionaries give
"example" /ɪɡˈzɑːmp(ə)l/
"exit" /ˈeksɪt/
"Brexit" /ˈbrɛksɪt, ˈbrɛɡzɪt/;

Interesting. I had always assumed either the /k/ or the /g/ were fine but only the entry for "Brexit" has the alternative.

My ex used to say 'corvid' just to wind me up. I stopped listening to him.

Does anyone say the X in "example" like "exit"?
Exx-ample??
I'm honestly gobsmacked
But then your dictionary quote shows it as more like "egg-zample"

I drive past a road sign every day with graffiti that says "CONVID lie" 😂

I say EX Ample and EX IT and BREX IT - I don't get the G here.

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Mine says none where non should be used, as in “it’s none-negotiable.”

@Bluekerfuffle surely non and none sound the same ? It's just the spelling ?

And to the posters discussing exit, example etc I would definitely pronounce example as eggsample - it sounds odd with an Ex sound .

Pretty sure Michael Gove also pronounced it the same way. It drove me fucking batty

David Rennie of the Economist says Covvid. Lovely chap but he says it in all his podcasts

I don't pronounce it covvid...but a very very senior medical professor that I see for a medical condition does...which made me wonder...

I'm a learning technologist (and I work closely with IT) and I've never heard it called anything other than eye-oh-ess. I just googled and you're right, apparently either is fine. I absolutely don't ever want to hear it called eye-oss though

I'm going to pronounce him Michael Govv from now on ...

I'm not sure. I thought I did but now I think I don't!

The letter "X" as a sound is generally /ks/ (think about any word with an "X" in. It's more like a /k/ then a /s/ (sex= /seks/)
I know that a /k/ sound often gets changed into a /g/.
I think I say both "exit" and "brexit" with a /k/ but I definitely say "example" with a /g/

I'm.now going to go down a rabbit hole to wonder why!

(I'm a Covid, not a Covvid though!)