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In the unlikely event that you aren't familiar with the memetic background, here's the cartoon's Wikipedia page<\/a> as a start, and lots of episodes on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0— maybe start with this one<\/a>…<\/p>\n

And here's a page documenting the fact<\/a> that<\/p>\n

The geographic distribution of coyotes (Canis latrans) has dramatically expanded since 1900, spreading across much of North America in a period when most other mammal species have been declining.<\/span><\/p>\n

And for those outside the range where the word is currently relevant, here are the U.S. English pronunciations as per Wiktionary<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\/k\u0259\u02c8jo\u028a.ti\/<\/span>,\u00a0\/ka\u026a\u02c8(j)o\u028a.ti\/<\/span>,\u00a0(<\/span>especially Western US<\/span>)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\/\u02c8ka\u026a.(j)o\u028at\/<\/span><\/p>\n

And the etymology, from the same source:<\/p>\n

Borrowed from Spanish coyote<\/em>, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl<\/em>. Compare Chinook ki-o-t\u012b.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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