I used coyotEE, as thats what I always heard growing up and now found out is the correct pronunciation of the word. When I went to AZ when I was about 12 I heard someone refer to them as "KI-oats". Liked that better as it rolls off the tongue. Thats what I've been calling them ever since. Now yote is just a quick way to say or type coyote and get my pronunciation/dialect to the reader. Makes the stories on here that much better. Gets you into the authors mindset as you read it.
I was in the Army so I talked to people from all over the United States on a daily basis. You learn to just take someones dialect for what it is and listen.
I personally can't stand when someone refers to Antler as Horn/s! Drives me nuts. I almost always correct them and tell them why. Most people never knew the difference before me telling them. After years getting on my closest hunting buddies I now hear them get on people about "Horns". Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing knowledge is being passed along!
Clips vs. Magazines. I use the terms correctly but could care less about how others use them. To me I'm either being asked or asking for more ammunition!
Gun vs. Weapon. Being that I was in the Army it was driven into my head that my M16 was in fact a Weapon used to kill people with. As such it should always be refered to as a weapon. That works in the Army but if I ask my "hunt'n buddies" for a weapon I'd get a blank stare. Around here everything is fair game and will be killed with whatever weapon is closest and in season. Be it a bow, rifle, shotgun, or smokepole(muzzleloader). So weapon is too broad a term.
POINT: say whatever you want around me just don't say that that "speed goat" had a great set of antlers, or "Look at the huge horns on that Whitetail".
