Servais@dormi.zone to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agoThe first time I went to Spain I learned that they used a different set of playing cardsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down15
arrow-up1366arrow-down1imageThe first time I went to Spain I learned that they used a different set of playing cardsfiles.catbox.moeServais@dormi.zone to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squarefederal reverselinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoYou do realize that that “club” is a gherkin, right? :) Fwiw, I like all the properly illustrated variants so much better than the French variant that always feels lifeless to me.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoI don’t think so. The other variants of the Spanish-inspired cards are clearly staves. Besides, basto is very, very close to bastón, the word for a staff like a walking stick. Gherkins are called pepinillos
minus-squarefederal reverselinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt was an attempt at a joke. The one version you linked to is green and kind of looks like a gherkin. That’s all.
You do realize that that “club” is a gherkin, right? :)
Fwiw, I like all the properly illustrated variants so much better than the French variant that always feels lifeless to me.
I don’t think so. The other variants of the Spanish-inspired cards are clearly staves. Besides, basto is very, very close to bastón, the word for a staff like a walking stick. Gherkins are called pepinillos
It was an attempt at a joke. The one version you linked to is green and kind of looks like a gherkin. That’s all.
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