KG349 wrote:
I ride in chinks....I s'pose in english that would be half chaps?
Okay....in english do you pronounce them shaps or chaps (like chap stick?). Know what I mean? Is the CH pronounces SH, like it is in western?

No, half chaps just cover the calf, to protect from pinching from the stirrup leathers. Totally different from chinks.
I don't know the proper pronunciation, but I call them chaps like chapstick.
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