Re: [romconlang] -able

Mark Reed wrote:
>The earliest playing cards in Europe came from the Egyptian Mamelukes;
I did not know that.........

>they were much the same as the modern 52-card pack, with the four
>suits Sticks (Batons), Swords (Scimitars), Coins (Disks, Pentacles),
>and Cups.  Those same suits were adopted as-is in most of Italy, where
>Tarot was invented.  European cardmakers in other areas varied the
>suit scheme, often by reinterpreting (or misinterpreting) the
>iconography. So Sticks/Batons became Clubs (the synonymous variety)
>before becoming the modern abstract symbol.   The Germans changed them
>to Acorns.  Cups became Hearts.  Swords became Spades, which went on
>to become Leaves in Germany.
Spanish: Espadas, Copas, (diamonds?) Palos
Dutch: Schopen [shovels!!), herten, ruiten (lozenge-shaped), Tref (clover I
think) -- and No Trump is < French, sans a tout...the things one learns from
playing bridge in Indonesia!!
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>Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>