Re: Three modest proposals

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Apr 08 2011 - 04:25:40 CDT

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On 8 Apr 2011, at 10:18, Frédéric Grosshans wrote:

> Le mercredi 06 avril 2011 à 23:24 +0100, Michael Everson a écrit :
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>>> There are "tarot" cards which *are* playing cards, used for games like "Tarot" in France, "tarocco" in Italy, and "Tarock" in Austria.
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>> True, and those use Cups, Wands/Staves, Pentacles/Coins, and Swords.
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> Except (at least) in France, where the tarot game use the normal heart/diamond/spade/clubs.

Yes, which is why in a disunification there would be 22 trumps in Playing Cards and 22 Major Arcana in Tarot Cards.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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