How do you pronounce coyotes?

[Mountain Man Hawk]

I'm assuming the most proper way to pronounce it is like how you say Wile E Coyote but I've now heard the announcers pronounce it both ways. Also, on twitter I see people saying "GoYotes" which I'm guessing is not pronounced with a long e.

 

[spiderland]

Easy. "Coyotes."

 

[markfromj]

SD uses "kuy-yoat".

 

[Mountain Man Hawk]

Thanks. I did some googling on the topic and my conclusion from my 5 minutes of research is that in most of the country people use the three syllable pronunciation like in Wile E Coyote. But in more rural areas it's more common to hear the two syllable kai-yote (rhymes with coat). And as the earlier post mentions, the University of South Dakota definitely uses that second form of pronunciation. I even found an academic paper investigating why that is. The paper also references NDSU which pronounces bison as if there was a z in there for whatever reason. Those crazy Dakota schools.


http://library.ndsu.edu/tools/dspac...le/10365/22286/Mascot Effect 2.pdf?sequence=3

 

[hknation]

noun coy·ote \kī-ˈō-tē, chiefly Western ˈkī-ˌōt\

 

[ichawk24]

Roadkill.

 

[SpartanHawk]

Perhaps have a new pronunciation in "Coy" (pronounced like the word "coy" is pronounced) - "oat" which can reflect a certain personality perhaps?

 

[GoHawks2009]

Thanks. I did some googling on the topic and my conclusion from my 5 minutes of research is that in most of the country people use the three syllable pronunciation like in Wile E Coyote. But in more rural areas it's more common to hear the two syllable kai-yote (rhymes with coat). And as the earlier post mentions, the University of South Dakota definitely uses that second form of pronunciation. I even found an academic paper investigating why that is. The paper also references NDSU which pronounces bison as if there was a z in there for whatever reason. Those crazy Dakota schools.


http://library.ndsu.edu/tools/dspace/load/?file=/repository/bitstream/handle/10365/22286/Mascot Effect 2.pdf?sequence=3

Yes they are crazy motherf***ers.

 

[Hawksfor3]

K-eye-oh-tee

 

[Dauminator]

The kai-yo-tees and the bai-son will have their team animals pronounced correctly and like it.

 

[PHXIowaClub]

kai yote=1
kai yote tee=plural

 

[BeardedAxeWound]

East of Great Plains = 3 syllables
Great Plains or West = 2 syllables

 

[Gridiron24]

KAI-O-TEES

 

[SSG T]

A friend of mine ran track there and married a USD women's basketball player. They both pronounce it kai-yotes (with the emphasis on kai). They told me it isn't a 3 syllable word, it's 2 syllables.

 

[SoDakHawk]

Ki-yote. Two syllables. It's the proper pronunciation in the Plains States.

 

[BGHAWK]

Missouri. Missoura or Missouree?

 

[SoDakHawk]

Missouri. Missoura or Missouree?

Misery.

 

[Lone Clone]

I'm assuming the most proper way to pronounce it is like how you say Wile E Coyote but I've now heard the announcers pronounce it both ways. Also, on twitter I see people saying "GoYotes" which I'm guessing is not pronounced with a long e.

I always thought pronouncing the "e" at the end was something city slickers do, like accenting the second syllable of "rodeo."

 

[pgsailor]

End this thread

 

[pgsailor]

How would Charles Emerson Winchester say it

 

[oakhawk]

The correct pronunciation is

 

[nagemj02]

It can be pronounced either way (with or without the "eee")

RHCP's first-ever music video (1984):