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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 18:18:36 GMT
Crick is perfectly acceptable for creek. The small stream that went through my town was blankly blank crick. Creek just soundswringin that case.
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Post by questioning on May 4, 2019 18:38:23 GMT
I proudly say ky-oat, and used to associate Ky-oh-tae with people who'd never seen one, or been to the west. It's definitely regional, now I live where they're common and people use three syllables. And I share this snarky comment hoping the OP has a sense of humor: When people watch reality shows like the one mentioned, I think they're uneducated or low -brow. We all have our prejudices, or beliefs based on life experience. And unlike What I did here it's usually better to keep them to ourselves. I assume OP wrote it because Peas are family and she was relaxed among friends.
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Post by mimima on May 4, 2019 18:38:42 GMT
I grew up in rural Northern California, I say kai-oh-tea, but have definitely heard kai-oat
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Post by chlerbie on May 4, 2019 18:42:34 GMT
With the ee--and like you, I don't know anyone who pronounces it with just the "oat." I'm from Ohio and now live in MA.
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Post by freecharlie on May 4, 2019 18:45:56 GMT
Maybe, but it irritates the crap out of me that people get called out for using all types of stereo types or descriptions on this board, but things like small town hick gets a pass. We get images in our heads due to a descriptor like that and apparently it is okay because small town hicks doesn't bring to mind a minority group.
I love my small town and the hicks around me.
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Post by questioning on May 4, 2019 18:48:37 GMT
Maybe, but it irritates the crap out of me that people get called out for using all types of stereo types or descriptions on this board, but things like small town hick gets a pass. We get images in our heads due to a descriptor like that and apparently it is okay because small town hicks doesn't bring to mind a minority group. I love my small town and the hicks around me. oh believe me, I understand! It's like assuming all southerners are slow!
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Post by MaryMary on May 4, 2019 19:14:44 GMT
No, honestly... no offense intended but I honestly only have heard people I consider hicks or not highly educated pronounce it that way. Like my dad that grew up in a tiny UT town and said stuff like “I seen”, “What I done is”, and “crick” instead of creek. ETA: Or the lady that didn’t know she was pregnant and pooped her baby into the toilet and thought the baby crying from inside the toilet was the “kye-oats”. Nice description of your Dad🤔 Dude, my dad is an a-hole that I have had no contact with in over 15 years... no need to rush to his defense. So, like I said, I’m probably biased (unfairly, I will admit) against people that talk like him.
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Post by MaryMary on May 4, 2019 19:25:41 GMT
I proudly say ky-oat, and used to associate Ky-oh-tae with people who'd never seen one, or been to the west. It's definitely regional, now I live where they're common and people use three syllables. And I share this snarky comment hoping the OP has a sense of humor: When people watch reality shows like the one mentioned, I think they're uneducated or low -brow. We all have our prejudices, or beliefs based on life experience. And unlike What I did here it's usually better to keep them to ourselves. I assume OP wrote it because Peas are family and she was relaxed among friends. Meh. I’ve lived on 2 acres in a semi-rural area with coyotes that would occasionally carry off our chickens, so I’ve definitely seen them and I still always pronounced their name with three syllables. Also, if you don’t find a woman giving birth without knowing she was pregnant completely fascinating, I don’t even know what to say to you. lol And full disclosure, I would totally love to move off to some little old farmhouse near a hick town someday. But, I would still pronounce the word kye-oh-tee.
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Post by gale w on May 4, 2019 21:00:06 GMT
My husband says kye-oat. He's a small town hick but pretty smart, actually. Farming actually requires some intelligence. I say kye-o-tee because I'm originally from the big city.
I'm not offended and I don't think he would be either. 😉
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 4, 2019 21:39:57 GMT
I say -tee and grew up in Los Angeles. Anyone who thinks big cities have never dealt with coyotes...HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Post by Really Red on May 4, 2019 22:15:30 GMT
I used to three syllables, but when I lived in Colorado I heard a lot of people say it with two syllables. I like the sound of it both ways
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Post by anniefb on May 4, 2019 23:10:42 GMT
I have always said kye-yo-tee Same here down under in New Zealand.
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Post by milocat on May 4, 2019 23:18:46 GMT
KYE-oat and yes I live in a small town and don't have a university degree but I won't finish this sentence with my success because I try to be humble and low key. Just because your dad was an asshole doesn't mean all hicks are stupid, maybe it's a regional pronunciation like we've had many times on this board.
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Post by gale w on May 4, 2019 23:24:41 GMT
Small town hicks? Seriously? Well I've only heard it pronounced kye-oat except in the movies. No, honestly... no offense intended but I honestly only have heard people I consider hicks or not highly educated pronounce it that way. Like my dad that grew up in a tiny UT town and said stuff like “I seen”, “What I done is”, and “crick” instead of creek. ETA: Or the lady that didn’t know she was pregnant and pooped her baby into the toilet and thought the baby crying from inside the toilet was the “kye-oats”. My husband speaks like that. In fact, everyone around here does - a-holes and nice people, plus people who've had higher education. I try not to but sometimes I slip. When that's how you always hear it, it's easy to slip into the habit.
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Post by johnnysmom on May 4, 2019 23:46:30 GMT
Who knew a thread about coyotes (three syllables for me, but I hear it both ways....not that I talk about them...ever ) could be so dramatic. I should have read this sooner
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Post by Laurie on May 4, 2019 23:47:16 GMT
I graduated from a college where the mascot is a coyote. It is 2 syllables and anyone that says it with 3 is actually considered a hillbilly.. LOL
However, this is South Dakota and we know most people in the US view as “hicks”.
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Post by freebird on May 5, 2019 1:19:33 GMT
It's said both ways around here. I probably heard Kye-oat more than kye oh tee.
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Post by smcast on May 5, 2019 1:22:39 GMT
I pronounce it with three syllables. I think of the two syllable version as more of a dialect or nickname/slang thing. Maybe not. No big deal to me.
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Post by corinne11 on May 5, 2019 1:38:30 GMT
I clicked on this thread because I was intrigued to see how it WAS pronounced! Here in Australia I have only ever heard it pronounced Ki-oat-ee. To be fair, we don't have much call to talk about them - The only wild dog on our continent is called a dingo - ding-o Corinne
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Post by freecharlie on May 5, 2019 2:09:58 GMT
I graduated from a college where the mascot is a coyote. It is 2 syllables and anyone that says it with 3 is actually considered a hillbilly.. LOL However, this is South Dakota and we know most people in the US view as “hicks”. oddly, as I read your post I automatically used two syllables even before you said that it was.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 5, 2019 2:41:08 GMT
I have only ever heard it pronounced kye-OH-tee. But then again my exposure to that word is limited to the Road Runner cartoons as we don't have coyotes here.
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Post by chlerbie on May 5, 2019 3:45:26 GMT
Oh, and we have coyotes here in MA, too. There was actually an issue at one our parks because they were coming and taking dogs right off the leash. We were also out on the porch one night in the winter and one came running right down our street.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 5, 2019 4:09:05 GMT
Ky-Oh-Tea. But I've always wondered if that's correct or not.
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Post by Katiepotatie on May 5, 2019 4:49:35 GMT
3 syllables; emphasis on the middle syllable.
ky-OH-tee
But the “tee” almost sounds like “dee”.
I grew up in Tucson where we had many coyote sightings. I always heard it as 3 syllables.
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Post by Gennifer on May 5, 2019 5:18:56 GMT
Three syllables. Even though I live in a small hick town in Utah. (And I get what you were saying.)
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Post by ~summer~ on May 5, 2019 5:46:52 GMT
I pronounce it as you do, but I think the other pronunciation might be correct and is therefore finding a new found resurgence - especially with the 'articulate'! lol
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Post by ~summer~ on May 5, 2019 5:49:22 GMT
Maybe, but it irritates the crap out of me that people get called out for using all types of stereo types or descriptions on this board, but things like small town hick gets a pass. We get images in our heads due to a descriptor like that and apparently it is okay because small town hicks doesn't bring to mind a minority group. I love my small town and the hicks around me. I guess I am confused why it is OK for you to say it but not anyone else. Of course most people from a small town are not 'hicks' but we all certainly know that there are some 'small town hicks' out there!
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Post by katiejane on May 5, 2019 7:50:17 GMT
Kye o tee. I lived in AZ for a few years and saw and talked about them regularly and no one ever corrected me. I don't think they were being polite as I had lots of grief over water and raspberry, which apparently i say very funnily having a uk accent.
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Post by gotranch on May 5, 2019 16:17:39 GMT
I graduated from a college where the mascot is a coyote. It is 2 syllables and anyone that says it with 3 is actually considered a hillbilly.. LOL However, this is South Dakota and we know most people in the US view as “hicks”. I was going to mention this and add that this is the university in our area where you might go to get a doctor or law degree. To me how you pronounce coyote is purely a regional thing. Also I will admit that I am from "the hicks" if that means a sparsely populated area. However, I do take offense if the definition of "hicks" is used in a way to mean uneducated or close minded.
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Post by h2ohdog on May 5, 2019 16:39:14 GMT
I grew up in NYC and Chicago , BUT went to university in Arizona, so say "Kay-yoat"
ETA: it’s hilarious that —the people who live in AZ pronounce it Kay-oh-tee. —I have lived in a small town in WI for 20 years and everyone here (but me) pronounces it Kay-oh-tee —when I read the threads, I pronounce it Kay-oh-tee in my head
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