# How do you pronounce coyote? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489 "2011-03-21T18:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/21 "2011-03-22T02:39:52Z")
Previous thread on topic: [How do you pronounce “coyote”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562102&highlight=pronounce+coyote) ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/22 "2011-03-22T03:24:07Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Previous thread on topic: [How do you pronounce “coyote”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562102&highlight=pronounce+coyote) Previous post on topic: > [@Balance](#): > > Chose the fourth, but it’s not quite on. Like Shelli, the “t” comes out more like a “d”. My pronunciation was set while growing up in rural Louisiana. > > Oh, and I also pronounce it…déjà vu: [How do YOU pronounce “coyote”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562102) ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/23 "2011-03-22T03:59:54Z")
Kai-yowt when I was raised in Denver. Koy-oh-tay now that I live in New Mexico where I actually seem them still alive…but at least I still use my turn signals. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/24 "2011-03-22T04:33:35Z")
I’m currently urban, but spent most of the first part of my childhood in the foothills of California out in the middle of bloody nowhere. I am a bit influenced by Spanish speakers, so I say the vowels more like the example [here](http://www.forvo.com/word/coyote/), but with a y instead of a j, unless I think about it and code-switch to a more mainstream English pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/25 "2011-03-22T07:07:42Z")
ko-jo-tay I took Spanish in high school I kid it varies in a gradient from ko-zho-tay to kie-o-tee. I’m not consistent ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/26 "2011-03-22T10:20:43Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > I picked the 2nd, but pronounce it more kai-yo-tea I picked the fourth, but also pronounce the y. ka-yo-tea ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/27 "2011-03-22T14:16:45Z")
> [@sunstone](#): > > Coy-Oh-tay. But then I live in the Southwest where there is a strong Hispanic influence. When one of my Philadelphia coworkers laughed at my pronunciation of coyote as coyote, I explained that I say coyote in Texan. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/28 "2011-03-22T15:16:06Z")
Urban - Kai-oat My mom is from North Dakota, and her high school’s nickname was the Coyotes, so it’s been ingrained in my head that it’s kai-oat, not kai-oh-tea. It’s something about there are actually coyotes in the plains and the west, so the pronunciation of those who actually are around this animal should be used, not tv producers from back east. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/29 "2011-03-22T15:58:05Z")
Kai-oat (I grew up in a rural environment but now live in Denver, where they’re pretty common in the city’s parks). ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489/30 "2011-03-23T21:30:53Z")
I believe thee trickster god’s name is pronounced Koy-oh-tea, which would be good enough for me. –Cliffy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coyote/575489.md?page=1)