Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: DaveRo
Date: 01 Sep 23 - 02:30 AM

No regrets Coyote
We just come from such different sets of circumstance

Canada or California?

Coyote

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 02 Sep 23 - 02:24 PM

There is no 'correct' way to pronounce it.

It's been loaned and stolen through so many European languages, for so long, its neolithic North American origins predate an alphabet.

Sing it whichever way it works for your song.

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: GUEST,paperback
Date: 02 Sep 23 - 02:36 PM

In Portland Oregon they pronounce it Call-off-your-old-tired-ethics

I always said coy-o-tee until I got a confused look from someone one day, (who corrected me), but what do you expect from people whe called off-road motorcycle riding - cycle riding - (pronounced as in bi-cycle) I got called on that one too from a lady from California looking out for my best interests. She said it made me sound stupid ) - :

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: Thompson
Date: 08 Sep 23 - 02:47 PM

Name seems to have changed since my childhood, when it was kye-oh-tay. This was in San Diego (and Los Angeles, always pronounced by locals then with a hard g).

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 02 Sep 23 - 02:24 PM

There is no 'correct' way to pronounce it.

It's been loaned and stolen through so many European languages, for so long, its neolithic North American origins predate an alphabet.

Sing it whichever way it works for your song.

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: GUEST,paperback
Date: 02 Sep 23 - 02:36 PM

In Portland Oregon they pronounce it Call-off-your-old-tired-ethics

I always said coy-o-tee until I got a confused look from someone one day, (who corrected me), but what do you expect from people whe called off-road motorcycle riding - cycle riding - (pronounced as in bi-cycle) I got called on that one too from a lady from California looking out for my best interests. She said it made me sound stupid ) - :

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: Thompson
Date: 08 Sep 23 - 02:47 PM

Name seems to have changed since my childhood, when it was kye-oh-tay. This was in San Diego (and Los Angeles, always pronounced by locals then with a hard g).

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: PHJim
Date: 31 Aug 23 - 11:09 PM

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.

Subject: RE: Folklore: How do you pronounce 'coyote'
From: DaveRo
Date: 01 Sep 23 - 02:30 AM

No regrets Coyote
We just come from such different sets of circumstance

Canada or California?

Coyote