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 since I love asking the important questions…

do you pronounce “coyote” as:

coyo-tee

OR

coy-oat

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 kai YO tee 
 My man 
 a gentleman and a scholar 
 How rude 
 Coyo-tee 
 Kae-o-tee 
 cah-yoat 
 😭😭😭 
 ⛑️ 
 Thats the french canadian way of saying it 
 Ki-yoat 
 Cody 
 Definately ky-oat here in central Texas.  
 Kie-yotee, kie-yote, yotes, or yotees here in Western SD 
 cah-yo-tee and in spanish co-yo-teh 
 My 4 year old has a coyote stuffed animal. He calls it cah-you-tee. Makes me laugh every time 
 BuTTer or BuDDER? 
 ‘Yote 
 depends where you sre from. both are fine 
 kye (rhymes with “sky”) OH tee 
 Ki-o-teee they're everywhere here. 
 Non-native

Coy oat eh 
 Koi-oh-tay 
 If the animal the first (tee)
If a distasteful person the latter. 
 peyote  
 It’s pronounced “coyote” 😎