RE :[SEELANGS] Card game for sharks and sailors

[FRISON Philippe]

If Alina Israeli is rightn "Akulina is indeed the game called "Old maid" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_maid_(card_game) in English (where the remaining card is the spade queen, therefore called "pisseuse" in Quebec French) and "Mistigri" or "Pouilleux" in French (where the remaining card is the Black jack).
 
Philippe Frison
(Strasbourg, France)
 
 

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De: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list de la part de Alina Israeli
Date: lun. 09/08/2010 19:37
À: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Objet : Re: [SEELANGS] Card game for sharks and sailors



The full name of the game is Akulina: http://rules.net.ru/dcards.php?
id=1
Akulina means 'old maid', so it stands for the last left over card - 
Queen of Spades. The one who has it at the end is the looser.
It's sort of similar to the card game UNO  American children play.

As you can see, the Cyrilic part is not readable.

On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Muireann Maguire wrote:

> Dear fellow Seelangers,
>
> I have a question about the correct translation of a Russian card 
> game -
> indeed, about whether it even has a direct English equivalent. The 
> game in
> question is АКУЛЬКА 
> (akul'ka), which I understand is also known as 
> ДАМКА
> (damka), after consulting this website:
> http://azartgames.gambler.ru/CardsGames/DetskieGames/Damka.htm
> If akul'ka/damka originated with English mariners, as this website 
> suggests,
> surely there's a similar game with an English name. Unfortunately 
> it's been too long since I played any card games with sailors. My 
> dictionaries are no help, ignoring akul'ka and assuring me that damka 

> refers to a king piece in
> chequers or draughts. However, my source is quite explicit that a 
> card game
> is meant:
>
> 'Долго мы не 
> знали, что  с 
> ним 
> делать  и 
> смотрели 
> на него  со  
> странност&#1
> 100;ю,
> пока  я не 
> проиграл  
> его   
> Настеньке  &
> #1074;   
> карточную  
> игру  
> Акульку' (poka ia
> ne proigral ego Nasten'ke v kartochnuiu igru Akul'ku')
>
> I would welcome any suggestions on- or off-list!
>
> Muireann Maguire (email mm504 at cam.ac.uk)
>
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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
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aisrael at american.edu





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