[SEELANGS] Card game for sharks and sailors

[Muireann Maguire]

Many thanks to all for your help with my 'akul'ka' problem. 'Old Maid' it 
is....

Muireann


On Aug 9 2010, FRISON Philippe wrote:

> 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
>(202) 885-2387  fax (202) 885-1076
>aisrael at american.edu
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