I am from the old school and call them coyotes and think they are the greatest game animal on earth. No offense to anyone, but anyone who says "coyotee" is a pilgrim, a city slicker that has been watching the animal planet, or a fan of the Phoenix hockey team. However, if you look the pronunciation up in the dictionary it is listed both ways. It is also a regional thing. I think Webster was a city slicker. I have heard it pronounced in Canada as "kyute". The pronunciation "yote", "dog", "songdog", etc. I think is just a trendy thing to sound cool so people will think you are a coyote hunter extrordanaire(sp). I do, however, go along with the fact that people use the shorter versions for typing on the net. Up here in Montana if we hear someone say coyotee we know they are from out-of-state, a bunny-hugger, or a wannabee coyote hunter that has been watching too much tv.