As an international organization, we have encountered many different ways of saying “ORCID”. A recent query to our help desk asked us to put on our main page, “What is the right way to say the name? Is it “Orc-Eye-Dee” or “O-R-C-I-D” or “OAR-CID?” We are not that picky, so long as you register and use your iD. But, for those who want to know: ORCID has two syllables, and a hard “c”. Phonetically, it is pronounced “oar-kid”. I usually tell people it is pronounced like the flower “orchid” but spelled without the H.
How should ORCID be pronounced?
By Laure Haak
