Fun - How do you pronounce “Coyote”?

Definitely with a long "e" at the end. 

Although going by the rules of English grammar it should be "ky-ot" with a long "o". 

This reminds me of a funny thing we always observed when I was in the Peace Corps in a French-speaking country. Since "corps" is a French word we Americans always pronounced it that way (and in fact his is how "Peace Corps" is pronounced) -- "Cor" no "p" and no "s". But the French people who I met there would pronounce all the letters so it sounded like "corpse" because they had been taught that in English we usually pronounce those final letters. lol

When I hear “k-eye-ot” with a long o it’s usually a toothless hillbilly talking. 😂🤣

I think we say Coyote without the long e at the end? Like Kai-Oat.



Eta: now that I think of it, I don't know what we say! I think it's mainly without the long e.

I have such a hard time pronouncing this word. For some reason, it is a word I have to really pause and think about before I say it. I always include the e though. To me, when I hear it pronounce Ki-oat, it reminds me of old western movies with gold prospectors ("Get out from yonder, you durned ki-oat")

The reason I have to think about this word before saying it is because it is spelled coyote - which to me, looks like it should be pronounce KOI-o-te instead of ki-yo-te or ki-oat.

Ha Ha - I actually know that - his middle name is Ethelbert. Originally his name was going to be Don Coyote (as a pun of Don Quixote) - so now you've had your Looney Tunes lesson for the day

Wile E. Coyote is a "Ki-oat" ...

This is a fun discussion!

I pronounce the long e at the end, but my rural family and friends mostly don’t.

With the E at the end. The only time I have heard it without IRL was when my dad used to pretend to be more from the country than he was (in the same mood he would pronounce animals "animules," which I never figured out).

I’ve heard it both ways. I usually say it with the “ee”.

I say kye-oh-tee but now you are reminding me that Monica on Yellowstone says "kye-oat" and she's Native American.

When one trots through our yard I say "there goes a ki yo tee". When a pack of them howls at night I say "did you hear those ki yo tees last night?"

Both. They interchange

The Phoenix Coyotes has an e

Some of the howling we hear or the things that get chicken are often without an e