How do you say "covid"?
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How do you say "covid"?
I was just listening to Frankie Boyle's New World Order on YouTube, and heard everyone saying "coh-vid". So far I've really only talked out loud about it with Portuguese speakers, who all say "coh-víd" with a stressed long i on the second syllable.
What other variations are available?
My sister generally says "'rona" or "the f.cking 'rona", as if she were referring to a good friend from Australia.
What other variations are available?
My sister generally says "'rona" or "the f.cking 'rona", as if she were referring to a good friend from Australia.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
As a coronavirus is a sub-type of virus, when saying the full word you would put the emphasis on "corona".
So I put the emphasis on CO in COVID
So I put the emphasis on CO in COVID
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Italians seem to have adopted the anglophone pronunciation now you mention it.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
My dad pronounces it 'corvid', still, somehow.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
COH-vid.
My dad persists on calling if “The Covid”.
My dad persists on calling if “The Covid”.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
I heard "covvid" (rhyming with horrid) on a UK vox pop once.
As well, as "the rona", I've also seen "the rony" or "the ronie", rhyming with "Tony".
I found out yesterday, when someone shared a video of him being an unfunny c.nt, that Jim "unfunny c.nt" Davidson pronounces it "con-vid". Somewhat to my surprise, though, despite the "con" bit, he is not a COVID-19 denier. It's quite interesting watching the Brexity/rightwing types split over this; a (small?) majority is keeping the faith with the "It's all lefty snowflakes/NWO, dunno why Boris goes along with it" line, but given the age profile of these people, it seems that more than a few are not reflexively denying reality on this particular topic. This feels like a very small ray of hope.
As well, as "the rona", I've also seen "the rony" or "the ronie", rhyming with "Tony".
I found out yesterday, when someone shared a video of him being an unfunny c.nt, that Jim "unfunny c.nt" Davidson pronounces it "con-vid". Somewhat to my surprise, though, despite the "con" bit, he is not a COVID-19 denier. It's quite interesting watching the Brexity/rightwing types split over this; a (small?) majority is keeping the faith with the "It's all lefty snowflakes/NWO, dunno why Boris goes along with it" line, but given the age profile of these people, it seems that more than a few are not reflexively denying reality on this particular topic. This feels like a very small ray of hope.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
I can see that at a whole-word level. OTOH in both languages the "co" syllable is unstressed, and the "vi" stressed, when saying the full word.bob sterman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 6:14 amAs a coronavirus is a sub-type of virus, when saying the full word you would put the emphasis on "corona".
So I put the emphasis on CO in COVID
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Legend. This is to be strongly encouraged.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Haha. He's an intelligent, educated man*, and yet here he is six months on, with his irrational fear of crows.
*and yet we disagree about many, many things
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Perhaps he's been watching too much Alfred Hitchcock?
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Haha, could be. I do wonder if it's some kind of indication of him ageing, but he knows it's wrong and I think he's pretty much hardwired his brain to pronounce it that way now. A bit like me never knowing how to pronounce Oban. I wonder if there is anything else I can trick him into mispronouncing.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
My dad can’t ever get Toyota or Coyote correct. Never has, so it isn’t ageing.
He always says Toyoyta and Coyoyte.
Try your dad on those.
He always says Toyoyta and Coyoyte.
Try your dad on those.
Re: How do you say "covid"?
I've heard several people of Irish extraction using those types of pronunciations.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
My father in law always said 'reservoyer' which drove me crazy.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
One colleague says it as Cov-id with a short o.
Re: How do you say "covid"?
My wife struggles with ‘anemone’ (it usually comes out anenomie). My granddaughter recently tried to correct her by pronouncing it ‘anomie’, which seems strangely appropriate in these troubled times.
Re: How do you say "covid"?
Makes a certain amount of sense, you don't say corona with a long first o, do you?
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
That was my thinking. It sounds weird with a long o to me.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Had this discussion with mininekomatic2 recently. We concluded that if the co in COVID is from corona and the vi is from virus and the d is from disease then they should each be pronounced as they are in those words.
So it should rhyme with ‘provide’.
So it should rhyme with ‘provide’.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
There seem to be two ways to abbreviate a multi-word phrase into a single word. English strongly prefers initialisms, which may form a pronounceable word in its own right (acronym) (NASA, NATO, SARS) or may be pronounced as a string of letter names (EU, STD, TLA). Some other languages prefer taking the first syllable or so of each word and gluing them together so as to form a novel pronounceable word (Gestapo, Gazprom, covid).
The relative unfamiliarity of the latter form of abbreviation may explain why many English speakers are unsure whether they should be pronounced as novel words following English spelling and pronunciation rules (which they obviously should*) or some bizarre and contrived pronunciation of their own invention.
*Portuguese speakers should naturally follow Portuguese spelling and pronunciation rules.
The relative unfamiliarity of the latter form of abbreviation may explain why many English speakers are unsure whether they should be pronounced as novel words following English spelling and pronunciation rules (which they obviously should*) or some bizarre and contrived pronunciation of their own invention.
*Portuguese speakers should naturally follow Portuguese spelling and pronunciation rules.
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Re: How do you say "covid"?
Perfect.
Let's make this happen.
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