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How do you pronounce "chaps"?
October 12, 2017, 06:58 AM
henryazHow do you pronounce "chaps"?
Back east, we called them chaps, with the ch sound as in chair, or child.
Out here, they are universally pronounced shaps. I heard it first from a couple of saddle makers, but the more I interface with all the horse folks here, they all say shaps.
October 12, 2017, 07:08 AM
ArtieSThey are chaps in the Florida horse community, and I heard it pronounced chaps in North Carolina as well.
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October 12, 2017, 07:08 AM
RogueJSKChaps.
The dictionary lists both pronunciations as correct. The SH makes sense, considering it's derived from the Spanish "chaparreras" (as in designed to protect you from the "chaparrel" brush), but I've never heard it pronounced that way.
When in doubt, just call them "assless pants".
October 12, 2017, 07:10 AM
BamaJeepsterDefinitely chaps here in the TN/KY/GA/NC/FL horse community as well. Never heard it pronounced with a sh sound.
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V-TailWell, I've been to 57 states so far, I think I've got one more to go, and I have never heard the "shaps" pronunciation.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 12, 2017, 07:28 AM
Eponym^^^ Ditto.
<Insert Sean Connery meme here> or would that be "shapsh"?
October 12, 2017, 07:32 AM
TMatsIf you're Ralph Lauren, or ride a Harley, it's chaps with the "ch" like chair.
If you're a cowboy, it's chaps with the soft "sh" sound.
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October 12, 2017, 07:36 AM
parabellumcheeks
October 12, 2017, 07:46 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
cheeks
sheeks?
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 12, 2017, 07:47 AM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by TMats:
If you're Ralph Lauren, or ride a Harley, it's chaps with the "ch" like chair.
If you're a cowboy, it's chaps with the soft "sh" sound.
That 'soft "sh"' sounds like it came straight off of Brokeback Mountain!!
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams October 12, 2017, 07:52 AM
MNSIGDefinitely CH around here
October 12, 2017, 07:57 AM
ElToroWith a shh sound. Then out west the cowboys wear chinks, But that is not a racist word.
October 12, 2017, 08:00 AM
arfmelThey call them "shaps" at the saddle shop here in Jerkwater, but they know what you mean if you say "chaps".
I always say "assless shaps". They always say they're all assless.
October 12, 2017, 08:02 AM
TXJIMIf you live near a crick full of trout it's shaps, for normal people it's chaps.
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October 12, 2017, 08:06 AM
rhThey are CH-aps in Texas.
October 12, 2017, 08:16 AM
TMatsquote:
Originally posted by rh:
They are CH-aps in Texas.
In DFW--no doubt. How about in Kingsville or Dalhart?
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October 12, 2017, 08:19 AM
YellowJacketPronounce it any way you want just don't step in that horse chit.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. October 12, 2017, 08:28 AM
rhquote:
Originally posted by TMats:
quote:
Originally posted by rh:
They are CH-aps in Texas.
In DFW--no doubt. How about in Kingsville or Dalhart?
Yep, I'm a North Texan in Washington with chaps, but no horse to ride.
October 12, 2017, 08:34 AM
shovelheadMaybe a southwestern thing or a Spanglish thing.
Kind of like calling a chain a "shain"
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October 12, 2017, 09:08 AM
arfmelquote:
Originally posted by rh:
They are CH-aps in Texas.
Jerkwater is in the heart of the Big Bend, and as Texas as they come.