How Do You Pronounce It?

Phorester · December 23, 2006, 08:25:49 AM

Okay boys & girls....., the word "chaps". As in chainsaw chaps. How do you pronounce it?

Do you say "chaps", as in chocolate?

Or say "shaps", as in shore?

Steven A. · December 23, 2006, 08:34:22 AM

I pronounce it " dang things" as in

"Why don't they make those dang things short enough for peope like me"

Know where I can buy some short enough for a man who wears 29" inseam pants?

And for what its worth the loggers here say chaps and some of the horse people say shaps.

Ron Wenrich · December 23, 2006, 08:43:44 AM

I've never heard it pronounced any other way than like cherry.

Of course, you have to realize that in my area even the jays may be pronouced with a ch sound. Like blue chay, New Chersey, or apple chuice, chust to name a few. :D We even have some people that pronouce there "v" like a "w". That was wery good.

Hey, maybe we need a Dutchman night instead of a yooper night. :D

Cedarman · December 23, 2006, 08:48:11 AM

Ja, dat vood be goot.

Coon · December 23, 2006, 08:50:46 AM

:D :D :D The "v" like the "w" sounds like it came from the people around here with Ukrainian backgrounds. I hear that alot around here.

The other day one of my friends asked me "Can you pass me the wise grips please?" I just couldn't help myself from laughing. He just gave me that aweful stare like: What are you laughing at me for? What did I do wrong? :D :D :D

leweee · December 23, 2006, 10:46:56 AM

Kinda like the "Swedish Chef" on the muppets. 8)

Mooseherder · December 23, 2006, 11:25:21 AM

Did you say Chocolates?
mmmmm......Chocolates ;D

Quote from: Steven A. on December 23, 2006, 08:34:22 AM

"Why don't they make those dang things short enough for peope like me"

Know where I can buy some short enough for a man who wears 29" inseam pants?

I have the same problem Steven. :D

thecfarm · December 23, 2006, 01:22:17 PM

We say chaps as in chocalate up here in Maine.Merry Christmas

beenthere · December 23, 2006, 01:31:20 PM

Some people can't say the ch sound, and it comes out sh. We've a neighbor who will say Sharlie for Charlie, etc. He has some other lisps as well. But others will mimic the sound when they come across similar letters. Maybe in fun, and maybe in respect - I'm not sure. I would like to think it is done so he doesn't feel so different.

Furby · December 23, 2006, 01:36:16 PM

Folks tend to talk like those they are around eh?

thecfarm · December 23, 2006, 01:41:57 PM

Maybe he can't tell he doing it.It may sound fine to him.

Phorester · December 23, 2006, 07:18:55 PM

He might wonder why everybody else talks funny. Like me when I go to visit my Canadian inlaws.

Coon · December 24, 2006, 11:22:54 PM

You guys haven't heard much of a lisp or anything until you've listened to the Hairlip Duck talk. He's hard to understand at the best of times. Half the time you just have to nod and grin. ;D

DanG · December 25, 2006, 02:14:38 AM

It sounds to me like somebody's gotten into the cooking cherry. ;D

Tom · December 25, 2006, 02:19:37 PM

I say Chaps, as in chicken. ;D

If you are caught saying shaps or sheduwell around my place, a blank stare and the following comment will be forthcoming.

"You aint from around here, are you?" :D

That reminds me of a story.

This fellow went into the bar and as most harelips would talk says, "Bahrteender, ghimme a bheer'.

The bartender replys, "A caaean, a bhohle owa tap?"

"A tap", says the customer.

Later another man came in and asked "bartender, gimme a beer".

"A can a bottle or a tap", asked the bartender.

" A tap", said the customer.

The first customer went back to the bar, miffed. He grabbed the bartender by his shirt front, lifted him off of the floor and scowled. "Wuh you mak-eeng fuhn oft me?"

"No", replied the bartender, visibly shook. "I wasth mak-eeng fuhn oft heeum".

saddletramp · December 25, 2006, 11:22:23 PM

Howdy 4ester. Here in Kansas we pronounce chaps like choke. Say it like ship and ya can get accused of ridin light in the saddle

It is fun though to travel around and hear the different phrases(or it that frazes) and styles. Viva La Difference!

jokers · December 26, 2006, 10:32:53 AM

Quote from: Steven A. on December 23, 2006, 08:34:22 AM
"Why don't they make those dang things short enough for peope like me"

Know where I can buy some short enough for a man who wears 29" inseam pants?

For my son, who is a tall nine yr old, I bought some standard length(36" oal) and folded the bottoms up and stitched them on the sides where the edges are already finished. This does not affect the ability of the chaps to stop a moving chain and the double layer makes me feel even better when he is operating the FS250 with a blade on it even though he has protective boots. Folding longer chaps like this does result in the lower buckle being very near the ground but it hasn`t been a problem for him as far as I know.

BTW, the word is pronounced CHaps as in chunk, chug, chicken, chocolate.

Quote from: saddletrampSay it like ship and ya can get accused of ridin light in the saddle

Perhaps in France it is pronounced shaps?

:D

Coon · December 26, 2006, 11:09:44 AM

Back to the Hairlip Duck. He actually is a very famous person who has been to h&!! and back. He is one of two people in the world who have fell into a circular sawmill when it was running and live to tell the story. The mill nearly cut him in half but they got him put back together. His story is quite funny the way he tells it being a hairlip and all.

leweee · December 26, 2006, 11:37:58 AM

Daffy Duck ??? I'm glad I never out grew Saturday morning cartoons. :

Rocky & Bullwinkle....now theres some accents. 8)

Phorester · December 26, 2006, 11:47:03 AM

Since I'm picking nits here between shaps and chaps, hairlip is actually harelip. Named after the split upper lip of hares, or wabbits. ;D

When I was in Service, we had a cowboy from Wyoming in the platoon. He had enough one day from all us Easterners and said "real cowboys pronounce them shaps, not chaps.

But then thinking about SADDLETRAMP's comment and JOKERS comment about France....., they made that movie Brokeback Mountain.....

leweee · December 26, 2006, 11:55:54 AM

In Canada.....which prompted the saying "Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy. :

Shaps or no shaps. :D

farmerdoug · December 26, 2006, 03:52:49 PM

Here is one for you guys to figure out.

There is a road to the south of me that is named after the family of a lady that sells at a farmers market I sell at.

The name is spelled Schoenherr as in Schoenherr Road, but it is pronounced Shanner Road. ???

Farmerdoug

Ron Wenrich · December 26, 2006, 05:07:54 PM

How about this town in PA - Uwchlyn. That's pronounced Yuck lyn. We also have Schoeneck - pronounced Shen eck.

We can always tell the foreigners in our area. They can't pronounce Lancaster or Lebanon like the natives, and Lititz and Ephrata can also be a challenge. :D

Tom · December 26, 2006, 06:10:21 PM

We get a big kick out of the ones that pronounce Kissimmee, Kiss-a-me instead of Kiss-sim'-ee. A dead giveaway of a new newscaster. :D
Or Or-mond' Beach instead of Or'-mun
or yew'gallee instead of awe-gallee (Eau Gallie)

or May-cone instead of Ma'kun (Macon)

or Hughs-ton instead of House-ton (Houston, Ga.)

or Vid-el'-ia instead of Vi'-dail'-yuh (Vidalia)

It's so easy to give yourself away when in a different part of the country than you are accustomed.

Paschale · December 26, 2006, 11:46:09 PM

One of my teachers when I was in high school relayed a story about her son, who had a lisp at the time. Sofa always came out "thofa." Well, his dad decided to give him some grief one time, and when he was sitting on the sofa, he asked his son to tell him where he was sitting. The kid of course said, "on the thofa, dad."

Dad: "On the thofa?"

Kid: "No, dad....on the THOfa," emphasizing the THO, which to his ears, sounded like an "S."

Dad, again says, "did you say thofa?"

Kid: "Dad...it's the THOfa, you know that!"

Dad: "The thofa? I'm trying to say it right..."

Kid, in exasperation: "Gee dad, why do you keep saying it wrong? If you can't say 'THOfa," say couch."

;D