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I tend to say "kah-YO-tee" after Wile E. Coyote of Bugs Bunny fame. I've also heard "KAH-yoat", and out west, there seems to be some preference for "KAH-yoot".
How does everyone else pronouce it, and can we figure out if there is a geographical pattern to the favoured pronunciation?
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everyone in these here parts says it the first way.
i think the only place i've ever heard it the other way is in movies, usually uttered by the stereotypically tangle-bearded shotgun-totin' tobasco-spittin' mountain men.
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In eastern Canada I have only heard the first pronunciation, while in British Columbia (west coast) it was close to 50-50.
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i had absolutely no idea there were tangle-bearded shotgun-totin' tobasco-spittin' mountain men in Vancouver. neat!
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Dear bridget96: do your mountain men use tabasco on mountain oysters?
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mountain oystersdear bill: i feel confident in assuming that's some sort of ribald play on words, but as usual i'm too feebleminded to grasp the meaning. please, explain?  ~b
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Oh, b96... you clearly don't know what you've gotten yourself into...
[bowed-head-shaking emoticon]
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Oh, b96... you clearly don't know what you've gotten yourself into...
Well, in order to get Dr Bill's mind on a higher plane, let's switch subjects. Let's talk about orchids! Orchids derive their name from - oh, nuts! We're right back in the gutter!
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Having loved in the Southwest in times past, I often heard the word pronounced just as it's spelled, i.e. Koy-Oat-Ay, which is probably closer to the Spanish pronunciation.
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Oh, b96... you clearly don't know what you've gotten yourself into...just in case anyone's tempted to explain, please note that i've already received numerous PM's... and i'm most definitely wishing i hadn't asked! yuck   hoosh is sounding tastier by the minute.... 
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Having loved in the Southwest in times past
too much information, Geoff.
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Oops, there's a typo - or maybe a Freudian slip - in my last post. I meant to say, "Having lived," not having loved!
I need a proofreader!!! Or a girlfriend. Or a shrink. Or a brain...
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Orchids on the table in the center piece. A nice avocado salad for starters.
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Bridget,
Actually, they latte sucking granola crunchers.
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latte sucking granola crunchers
But if they're drinking breve grandes they get points for oxymoronicity.
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In Michigan, it's "ky-YO-tee."
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I think i would say Kigh (to rhyme with high) yoat (to rhyme with goat)
but I might sometimes say kigh yoat ee -- I am not sure which i would say-- i think it might be "reflective" and I might mirror what is being said to me. Its not often some one in NY would need to generate a sentence with Coyote in it -- but there was a big news story 2 years ago, when a coyote from upstate came down to visit the big city-- he was found in one of the local parks..
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Several Native American Nations call Coyote "The Trickster"
The posts above confirm my respect for the Native Americans' insight.
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And no matter how you pronounce it, they have spread very widely in the past fifty years, becoming a problem for people who have pets and livestock killed by them. An animal control officer told my wife that only a few hundred yards from her sheep fold there was a coyote den, with over a dozen pet collars outside it. But since they also eat the mice that are part of the Lyme Disease chain, they are not all bad.
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"Several Native American Nations call Coyote 'The Trickster'"
Certain Native American *anthropologists* may call him "Trickster;" one Native American nation called him "coyotl."
Coy, but true.
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Hmm. French version
COY (as in the yiddish OY with a C)
otte (pronounced like the word ought)
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Did Tony Hillerman get it wrong then?
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