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How do you pronounce Covid?

O as in 'go'
28 (77.8%)
O as in 'of'
2 (5.6%)
Kojak.  Who loves ya, baby?
6 (16.7%)

Total Members Voted: 33

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Basil

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So, Covid or Covid?
« on: 27 July, 2020, 11:02:56 pm »
I don't know why I pronounce Covid the way I do. I just do.
My o is as in 'of'.
I've noticed most BBC contributors use the o as in 'go', but there are several who use 'of'.  I've just heard Ritula Shah on R4  use 'of' which made me wonder how common that is.

How do you pronounce it?

Edited to spell ms Shah's first name correctly.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #1 on: 27 July, 2020, 11:08:55 pm »
Corvid
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #2 on: 27 July, 2020, 11:20:13 pm »
At risk of igniting the 'GIF'-vs-'JIF' flamewar, I pronounce the "CO" like in "Corona"


(Slightly annoying that they don't spell it CoViD, tbh.)
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Wowbagger

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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #3 on: 28 July, 2020, 12:02:19 am »
Covfefe.
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ElyDave

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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #4 on: 28 July, 2020, 06:00:45 am »
Kojak
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De Sisti

Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #5 on: 28 July, 2020, 06:47:35 am »
Glasstonbury,


Glarstonbury (as southerners would pronounce the name of the famous music festival).
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ElyDave

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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #6 on: 28 July, 2020, 07:04:42 am »
Glarss, barth

But Glastonbury, or more like Glasstonb'ry, much like Newf'ndl'nd
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #7 on: 28 July, 2020, 07:50:36 am »
Or Basil ..... is it:     Bazzle   -   BazzILL  (as in Fawlty Towers)   -  Bayzle  (as I heard in the US)
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Tim Hall

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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #8 on: 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 am »
Co, like go, vid.  Because etymology.

See also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #9 on: 28 July, 2020, 09:00:46 am »
Co like corona, vid like video.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #10 on: 28 July, 2020, 09:04:02 am »
CoeVied

;)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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ian

Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #11 on: 28 July, 2020, 09:18:18 am »
China.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #12 on: 28 July, 2020, 11:08:20 am »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 am
See also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.

Kill them.  AND their families.  With fire.  Oh yes.

The only thing worse is the cover blurb on my copy of "Espedair Street", which calls said book a "biopic".
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simonp

Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #13 on: 28 July, 2020, 11:11:00 am »
Kung flu.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #14 on: 28 July, 2020, 04:17:26 pm »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 am
Co, like go, vid.  Because etymology.

See also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.
I'm filming my life - it's a myopic.
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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #15 on: 28 July, 2020, 06:49:49 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 28 July, 2020, 11:08:20 am
Quote from: Tim Hall on 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 am
See also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.

Kill them.  AND their families.  With fire.  Oh yes.

The only thing worse is the cover blurb on my copy of "Espedair Street", which calls said book a "biopic".

To rhyme with “myopic”?

As in

There once was a third-rate biopic
Whose viewers were somewhat myopic.
These short-sighted dolts,
Unaware of its faults,
Actually thought the film was rather good.

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Re: So, Covid or Covid?
« Reply #16 on: 28 July, 2020, 11:55:56 pm »
Kojak I think.

Now I think of it, since I rarely have the telly on to watch the news, the only place I could have got the pronunciation is at work.
But I can't think what the consultant cardiologist I've been on teams calls with has called it.
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