You're right that the local pronunciation I'm more used to is FOY-YAY for first syllable, not PHO-YAY.
In French, most words, particularly verbs even though this is a noun, that end in -ER are pronouced as EH (as in the same sound as a long form letter "A") rather than an UR sound, such as in FUR.
I've never been to church with a security guard, let alone one that was packing.
Do Americans pronounce the "foyer" room as the PHO-YUR, with YUR as in "yurt"?
I've always heard it pronounced the PHO-YAY
But where I am there's a lot more French Canadian influence.
Typically I hear it as FOY-YUR, like Foil and Yurt.
You're right that the local pronunciation I'm more used to is FOY-YAY for first syllable, not PHO-YAY.
In French, most words, particularly verbs even though this is a noun, that end in -ER are pronouced as EH (as in the same sound as a long form letter "A") rather than an UR sound, such as in FUR.
There is no American pronunciation of anything. We have 8 names for a long sandwich and 12 names for soft drinks.