<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">There’s also the concept of gunfighters (and soldiers) dying with the boots on, but that seems a little tenuous as well.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Russ</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 4, 2022, at 9:57 AM, Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div class="">I’m not coming up with anything that feels authentic, but just to add an element that might trigger someone else’s idea, “double dash” is Morse Code for “M”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the US military, there’s a designation “DM” for “Designated Marksman” awarded to soldiers who qualify to a high standard at hitting distant targets.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“Two boots on the ground” is also a common military term for situations requiring physical presence of soldiers at a location, as opposed to the ability to attack or influence an area from the sky or from a distance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apple’s scheme for “dual boot” Macs to either MacOS or Windows was called “Boot Camp”. Likely, that doesn’t help, but...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, don’t forget the other meanings for {cha’}. It can be the action of showing or displaying something.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 4, 2022, at 1:49 AM, De'vID <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" class="">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 7:20 AM Lieven L. Litaer <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de" class="">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 03.08.2022 um 23:08 schrieb De'vID:<br class="">
> Also, {cha'DaSvI'} seems very much like it ought to be a reference of<br class="">
> some kind, but I don't know what.<br class="">
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I was already speculating that this is not a so much hidden pun. This<br class="">
word ends with {vI'} "sharpshooting", so maybe this game really means<br class="">
"two-boot sharpshooting" and has a pun towards that idea.<br class="">
</blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>The {vI'} seems to be there to turn it into the name of a shooting game, but what's {cha'DaS}? "Double dash"? "Dual boot"? Nothing comes to mind which is related to golf or any game or activity involving precisely aiming a projectile.<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>
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