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It's pronounced chaps... not chaps.
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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1741884" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I like the old west and the tradition involved in keeping it real. A place where a handshake is all it takes and people keep their word not only to protect their reputation but because it's the right thing to do.</p><p></p><p>And I can't tell you how many times I have recently heard the word "chaps" to describe leggings worn to protect pants being mispronounced by people involved in the cattle industry.</p><p></p><p>It rankles. I don't like it when a cow man talks about a couple of guys from England taking up space between his legs. So in the interest of preserving the old west, at least in our traditional dialect, this is how the word is pronounced when describing shotguns, wooleys, or batwings.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Psm9vwnahMo[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>cha·pa·ra·jos</p><p>/ˌSHäpəˈrāōs/</p><p></p><p><em>noun</em></p><p><strong>NORTH AMERICAN</strong></p><p>plural noun: <strong>chaparejos</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">leather pants without a seat, worn by a cowboy over ordinary pants to protect the legs.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1741884, member: 42463"] I like the old west and the tradition involved in keeping it real. A place where a handshake is all it takes and people keep their word not only to protect their reputation but because it's the right thing to do. And I can't tell you how many times I have recently heard the word "chaps" to describe leggings worn to protect pants being mispronounced by people involved in the cattle industry. It rankles. I don't like it when a cow man talks about a couple of guys from England taking up space between his legs. So in the interest of preserving the old west, at least in our traditional dialect, this is how the word is pronounced when describing shotguns, wooleys, or batwings. [MEDIA=youtube]Psm9vwnahMo[/MEDIA] cha·pa·ra·jos /ˌSHäpəˈrāōs/ [I]noun[/I] [B]NORTH AMERICAN[/B] plural noun: [B]chaparejos[/B] [LIST=1] [*]leather pants without a seat, worn by a cowboy over ordinary pants to protect the legs. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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