[HN Gopher] Ganjifa
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Ganjifa
Author : thunderbong
Score : 96 points
Date : 2024-06-02 08:34 UTC (2 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
| donbreo wrote:
| This could be an entirely new anime. "Ganjifa: Ganja Masters"
| hnbad wrote:
| The name is unrelated to "ganja" (cannabis) except for a shared
| word root of "ganj" (treasure). I don't know what the anime
| would be about but the title makes as much sense as "Harry
| Potter: Pot Master".
| breakingcups wrote:
| I mean, I'd watch that..
| user_7832 wrote:
| Yeah, from my knowledge of Hindi and a few other Indo-
| European languages I can't think of any other word with the
| ganj- root/sound either. Another example (probably still
| closer etymologically) would be Harry Potter and The
| Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stoned.
| vundercind wrote:
| I believe the first of these I encountered, years and years
| ago, was a photoshopped cover reading "Harry's a Pothead
| and the Sorcerer's Stoned". Can't pass up either near-
| reference to weed with so few words to work with.
|
| It appears there are some full parody books under similar,
| but worse titles.
| selimthegrim wrote:
| https://rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-ganj-e-shakar
| DonHopkins wrote:
| What's the etymology of the poster's account, "thunderbong"?
| relaxing wrote:
| Yeah, it rules.
| rusk wrote:
| That's how poetry works
| AntiqueFig wrote:
| If you haven't seen it, there's Chihayafuru [0] which is an
| anime with the japanese card game, karuta (which comes from the
| portuguese "carta" for "card").
|
| [0] https://myanimelist.net/anime/10800/Chihayafuru
| shzhdbi09gv8ioi wrote:
| About as exciting as thinking bonsai and banzai are related.
| rusk wrote:
| Well they rhyme so ... depending on context you could
| probably construct a fairly impactful verse or quip
| dfxm12 wrote:
| Do homophones rhyme?
| dotnet00 wrote:
| To be fair, thinking that would be completely fair for an
| English speaker being exposed to spoken Japanese, with how
| much more common homophones are in it compared to English.
| elnatro wrote:
| Is there any place I could buy this game of cards?
| pelagicAustral wrote:
| This seems to be an option:
| https://www.memeraki.com/collections/ganjifa
| pradn wrote:
| This shop is brilliant, thank you!
| pessimizer wrote:
| I have a cardboard set that I apparently got from
| https://www.tabcreations.com/ganjifa/ and it looks like they're
| still taking orders although I can't vouch for it. The card
| quality is reasonable, if a bit thin, and the design a bit
| boring compared to others I've seen.
|
| The real cards are handpainted on wood, and often you can find
| antique sets on ebay at a reasonable price, but not for play.
| longerd2 wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganja
| thih9 wrote:
| You may also like:
|
| - Hanafuda, Japanese playing cards:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda
|
| - Four color deck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-color_deck
|
| - Origin and development of the Latin suits, with links to
| Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc playing cards:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card_suit#Origin_and_d...
| malermeister wrote:
| Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-suited_playing_cards
| abeisgreat wrote:
| Fun fact about Hanafuda - you can still buy Hanafuda cards from
| a specific Japanese manufacturer who has been printing them for
| over 100 years and the more fun part is that that manufacturer
| is Nintendo! They still print traditional decks along with ones
| using newer IP like Mario and Kirby themes.
|
| I own one of the original style decks and it's beautiful. Koi-
| Koi, played with a Hanafuda deck, is a great poker-style game
| that makes you feel very smart for knowing how to play even
| though the rules are pretty simple.
| dfxm12 wrote:
| FYI, koi-koi is not a poker style game. Koi-koi is like a
| melding or fishing game, while Poker is a hand-comparison
| game.
| ataylor284_ wrote:
| Playing cards in some parts of Europe have alternate suit
| symbols. Spain and Portugal use clubs, swords, coins and cups.
| My favorite aspect of this deck is that the clubs symbol is an
| actual club weapon instead of the usual clover.
| Dwedit wrote:
| The illustrations on Wikipedia show some marked cards, hopefully
| they wouldn't have been marked cards at the time when they were
| new.
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