Pronunciation

[Tyrel Cody]

If we are supposed pronounce Chaps like Shaps, then why aren't Chinks pronounced like Shinks?

Edited March 1, 2020 by Tyrel Cody
Mispelling

[Widder, SASS #59054]

Bee Cause!

 

..........Widder

 

[Tequila Shooter]

Why does knife have a K?

[Widder, SASS #59054]

17 minutes ago, Tequila Shooter said:

Why does knife have a K?

 

The feller what invented the Knife also had a Knat for a pet.

 

I think I'm write....rite....right.

 

..........Widder

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by Widder, SASS #59054

[Alpo]

Where does the word "chinks" come from?

 

Chaps is a shortening of the Spanish word chapaderos. Many Spanish words are pronounced different from how they would be pronounced in English. José, for example, is pronounced Hosay. In this case the Spanish word chapadero is pronounced shahpahdayro, and the short version is shap.

 

But why are mini chaps "chinks"? If you know where the term came from, then you can probably determine the root word, which should explain the pronunciation.

 

And yes, I'm pretty sure you were just making a joke.

 

 

[Tequila Shooter]

1 minute ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

 

The feller what invented the Knife also had a Knat for a pet.

 

I think I'm write....rite....right.

 

..........Widder

 

 

Their There yule you'll get it write right rite

[Alpo]

2 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

 

The feller what invented the Knife also had a Knat for a pet.

 

I think I'm write....rite....right.

 

..........Widder

 

Is a KNAT anything like a GNAT?

[Tyrel Cody]

2 hours ago, Tequila Shooter said:

 

Their There yule you'll get it write right rite

 

When did you change your alias?

[Pat Riot]

Really? It's pronounced "Shaps"?

 

I did not know that. I will still call them CHaps. Mrs Lively spent a lot of time teaching me Phonics. I will honor her by continuing to utilize her teachings. 

[Tyrel Cody]

3 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Really? It's pronounced "Shaps"?

 

I did not know that. I will still call them CHaps. Mrs Lively spent a lot of time teaching me Phonics. I will honor her by continuing to utilize her teachings. 

 

 

http://www.cowboyway.com/What/WhatAreChinks.htm

 

 

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Pronouncing Chinks and Chaps

"Chinks" are pronounced pretty much the same way they are spelled, with a hard "ch" sound as in "cherry" or "chipmunk." Chaps, on the other hand, are pronounced with a soft "ch" which means they are pronounced "shaps."

 

 

 

 

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

C M Ducks ? 

[Utah Bob #35998]

• Quote

   

  • It is thought that chinks descended from the Spanish vaquero leg covering known as armitas, which means “little armor.” Armitas look very similar to chinks, with the leather encasing the leg from the waist to below the knee, and fringe along the edge and beyond the knee. 
  • However, unlike chinks, armitas are made of a softer material, and don’t have any hardware – with just a flap of soft leather around the waist to secure it in place. 
  • The name “chinks” could be descended from chinkaderos, which originally referred to armitas.

   

   

[Dr. O. R. Vet]

Once had a fellow piano tech call pneumatics  p- nuematics!  (As in pea-neumatics).

 

Really had a problem keeping a straight face.....

[Black Angus McPherson]

Assuming Utah Bob's info about Chinks descending down from the Spanish Chinkaderos is correct, similar to Chaps descending down from the Spanish Chapadero, why ISN'T CHinks pronounced SHinks?

 

Or doesn't anyone really give a chit about the CHinks/Shinks, CHaps/SHaps inconsistency?

 

Angus

 

p.s. Tyrel started it!

[Tequila Shooter]

3 hours ago, Tyrel Cody said:

 

When did you change your alias?

 

Yesterday, I tried last year but it was taken.  I had a thought about Tequila Shot but I was able to get Shooter 

[Tequila Shooter]

1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

C M Ducks ? 

 

M R Ducks  Used in a sentence....Look over there m r ducks in the water.

[Tyrel Cody]

1 minute ago, Tequila Shooter said:

 

M R Ducks  Used in a sentence....Look over there m r ducks in the water.

 

CM DUCKS

MR NOT DUCKS

OSAR CM WANGS

LIB MR DUCKS

[Tequila Shooter]

41 minutes ago, Tyrel Cody said:

 

CM DUCKS

MR NOT DUCKS

OSAR CM WANGS

LIB MR DUCKS

 

??????  Now I'm confused  

[Tyrel Cody]

2 minutes ago, Tequila Shooter said:

 

??????  Now I'm confused  

 

I figured you wouldn't need a translation being from Mississippi

 

CM DUCKS -> See them ducks

MR NOT DUCKS -> Them are not ducks

OSAR CM WANGS -> Oh yes they are, see them wings

LIB MR DUCKS -> Well I'll be them are ducks

 

That originally came from a Visual Basic for Beginners book published around 1982.

 

 

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

never mind

 

 

 

 

b#$%h

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE
beat to the punch

[Finagler 6853 Life]

3 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

C M Ducks ? 

M R Ducks

M R not

O S A R

C M Web feet?

L I B  M R Ducks

Edited February 26, 2020 by Finagler 6853 Life

[Cypress Sun]

To + too + two + 2 = eight, ate and 8. This is not to be confused with seven X three equals twenty one. Which (Witch) brings us back to Two X twenty one = 42.

 

Therefore, 42 is the answer.

[Tequila Shooter]

50 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

To + too + two + 2 = eight, ate and 8. This is not to be confused with seven X three equals twenty one. Which (Witch) brings us back to Two X twenty one = 42.

 

Therefore, 42 is the answer.

 

I hate word problems.  Just give me the "goesintas"

[Kulshan 20262]

CM BD Is?  See them beady eyes?

[Chili Ron]

Howdy

 

How much is two plus four times two?

 

Best

CR

 

[Tyrel Cody]

10

[Cat Brules]

On 2/26/2020 at 6:51 AM, Tequila Shooter said:

Why does knife have a K?

probably has the letter “K” the current English spelling as a hold-over from the spelling of its original German or French or etc. root word.

 

Cat Brules

[Black Angus McPherson]

I was taught the following conversation by my dad when I was just a tyke:

 

FUNEX?

SVFX

FUNEM?

SVFM

OKILFMNX

 

Angus

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

19 hours ago, Chili Ron said:

Howdy

How much is two plus four times two?

Best

CR

 

That depends:

 

(two plus four) times two equals twelve

two plus (four times two) equals ten

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

NOTE:

Easier to understand the translation when using " 'em " instead of " them "

ICM - I see 'em

[Alpo]

2+4x2=10 because in a number problem, unless there are brackets showing which numbers to do first, multiplication and division come first. You would first multiply 4 x 2, getting 8, then add 2, getting 10.

 

But TWO PLUS FOUR TIMES TWO - that's a word problem. Depends on how you say it. If you say TWO --- PLUS FOUR TIMES TWO, the answer is ten, but if you say TWO PLUS FOUR -- TIMES TWO, the answer is twelve. Depends on where you put your hesitations.

 

[Springfield Slim SASS #24733]

PEMDAS

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 2/26/2020 at 8:11 AM, Alpo said:

Where does the word "chinks" come from?

 

Chaps is a shortening of the Spanish word chapaderos. Many Spanish words are pronounced different from how they would be pronounced in English. José, for example, is pronounced Hosay. In this case the Spanish word chapadero is pronounced shahpahdayro, and the short version is shap.

 

But why are mini chaps "chinks"? If you know where the term came from, then you can probably determine the root word, which should explain the pronunciation.

 

And yes, I'm pretty sure you were just making a joke.

 

 

I never heard of chinks when I was growing up.. Never heard it until I came back state-side the last time.

 

I got one for you: I went down to the local cowboy store to buy a cord to tie my hat down in the wind.  Kid there told me they were called "stampede strings".  Now I never heard that term until I joined SASS and I'll bet the rent that there isn't one cowboy or cowboy wanna be out of many thousands in this country who ever saw a real honest to John Wayne stampede.  I was in one once...had maybe thirty cattle running from a diesel truck.  AS soon as the truck passed, maybe 45 seconds later, the cows went back to being cows.  Slow, stupid, and good to eat and wear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2020 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Alpo]

The whole "stampede string" and "wild rag" idiocy. Can't you just see a bunch of trail drivers just brought a herd up to Abilene from somewhere in south Texas.

 

Slim says to Tex, "Let's head on over to the saloon, and get us some red eye, and maybe can hang on to a purty lady".

 

Tex says, "Naw, I'm gonna go over to the mercantile and get me a stampede string and a new wild rag".

 

It's a chin strap and a neckerchief.

[Tascosa, SASS# 24838]

On ‎2‎/‎26‎/‎2020 at 12:43 PM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Really? It's pronounced "Shaps"?

 

I did not know that. I will still call them CHaps. Mrs Lively spent a lot of time teaching me Phonics. I will honor her by continuing to utilize her teachings. 

"Chaps" are English men, chaps (shaps) are leather covering you wear on your legs.