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Old 23-08-2020, 06:05 PM #1
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Thumbs down WHY do i have to listen to Radio 2 (and other) news people say Covid 19 like this?

It's coe-vid as in cove, core or cosy

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co-vid (as in jaw or raw)

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stop saying things wrong, its not hard to get this name right?
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no it does not its pronunciation
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not one person in the UK says

Coe-ventry

they say Coventry, accent or not
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They say cawventry?
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its not cor like The Corrs

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But it's not co like cosy either.
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Hmm I say coe-vid but thinking about it, it actually SHOULD be coh-vid etymologically, since the Co- comes from co-rona. And no one says COE-rona, they say coh-rona.

However the whole work Covid has the dumbest etymology of any word ever so we should just all say it however we want. Schplovid-19.
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