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Thread #108879   Message #4180421
Posted By: PHJim
31-Aug-23 - 11:09 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
The most common in Southern Ontario seems to be ky-YO-tee, but I have heard KY-oat. They seem to be much more common along the north shore of Lake Ontario than they were 2 or 3 decades ago.
They sometimes are called "bush wolves" or "brush wolves", but it is thought that this is because "I shot a Bush wolf," sounds braver than, "I shot a coyote."
I've heard them called "prairie wolves" in western Canada.