Growing up I used to play with the german cards (we called them hungarian). I had no idea back then there are other types of cards, until years later when I found the french cards.
daniel-1994 on
In Portugal we use French cards but with names that resemble Italian and Spanish cards. The literal translations are “Hearts”, “Golds”, “Sticks”, and “Swords”.
BigDickBiggms on
4 of bastioni!
Procrastinando on
In Sardinia we use Spanish cards traditionally, but if we’re talking about nowadays then French cards is probably correct
WB_Zip on
Didn’t even know that such cards exist
Sortza on
Note that within the French suit there are several „standard patterns“ used in different countries or regions (e.g. things like the suicide king, the man with the ax, and the big ace of spades are unique to the English pattern). The pattern used in France has the unique tradition of naming each face card after a historical or mythical figure.
Zakkar on
TIL there is more than one type. Fascinating!
TheOddMage on
In the UK we use the French set but call them Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades much like other English speaking countries.
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Growing up I used to play with the german cards (we called them hungarian). I had no idea back then there are other types of cards, until years later when I found the french cards.
In Portugal we use French cards but with names that resemble Italian and Spanish cards. The literal translations are “Hearts”, “Golds”, “Sticks”, and “Swords”.
4 of bastioni!
In Sardinia we use Spanish cards traditionally, but if we’re talking about nowadays then French cards is probably correct
Didn’t even know that such cards exist
Note that within the French suit there are several „standard patterns“ used in different countries or regions (e.g. things like the suicide king, the man with the ax, and the big ace of spades are unique to the English pattern). The pattern used in France has the unique tradition of naming each face card after a historical or mythical figure.
TIL there is more than one type. Fascinating!
In the UK we use the French set but call them Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades much like other English speaking countries.