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.
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.