A question for the native english speakers...

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Crackpot

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Hy there,

I have a question to the native english speakers:
What do you call a person who betrays at a cardgame?
\"Cardsharper\"?
\"Cheater\"?
\"Blackleg\"?
\"Crook\"?
...

The translation is very ambigous... :(
 
PegaZus

PegaZus

Stealth Freak
Usually, I call her \"honey\"! And during \"Go Fish\" of all things...

Just to add, probably \"cheat\" would be best. Cheat, noun, one who cheats. In case you\'re reading up in something else.
 
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mud duck

New member
Are you looking for something in the lines of a western? At would be something along the lines of a \"dirty card cheating polecat\" or an underhanded cheating weasel\" \"rotten skunk will also work\" You just have to remember to use a cowboy/Texan accent if your going to say it to a persons face. :)
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

Well-known member
Originally from wikipedia
The etymology of the term \"card sharp\" is debated. A popular theory is that it comes from the German word Scharper, which in one sense means swindler. Another theory, which is likely false etymology, is that card sharp is a degenerate form of card shark, which itself is an analogy to the term pool shark. In actuality, the reverse is more likely to be true: card sharp is the original term, and card shark was likely formulated later, influenced by corruption of the term card sharp and by either analogy to pool shark or as a fresh shark metaphor.
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anyway i\'m with matty, either git or cheating bastard
 
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Crackpot

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Thanks for all the replys.
Yes it is for a western mini. It shows a bandit who stands with colt in one hand and some falling cards (want to paint them all as the same aces) int the other. I just wanted a little badge with the searched word on the showbase.
\"Cheating Bastard\" sounds good to me. :)
 
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farseerlum

New member
in cards reneging is a form of betrayal.

reneger can be a particulaly offensive name in some circles. and do try to say it right because it can get you killed in some circles also. lol
 
airhead

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
\"caught cheating\" or \"last hand\" would be a good title for that.

Paint them as a full house - aces and 8\'s would make it a \"dead man\'s hand\"
 
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mud duck

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Originally posted by Crackpot
Thanks for all the replys.
Yes it is for a western mini. It shows a bandit who stands with colt in one hand and some falling cards (want to paint them all as the same aces) int the other. I just wanted a little badge with the searched word on the showbase.
\"Cheating Bastard\" sounds good to me. :)
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Although a \"Cheating Bastard\" a guy that cheats on his wife/girlfriend. I still think that the use of \"Polecat\" ie skunk would work better, and be less afencive to those with virgin ears. Thou \"Dead man\'s hand\" does have a nice ring to it.
 
PegaZus

PegaZus

Stealth Freak
If you do use \"Cheating Bastard\", I recommend using instead \"Cheatin\' Bastard\". Got a more western flavor by dropping the \"g\".

As for others, \"yella bellied snake\" is good. \"Rottin\' low life dog\" or \"Stinkin\' cheatin\' polecat\" works too.
 
Einion

Einion

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Originally posted by Crackpot
What do you call a person who betrays at a cardgame?
\"Cardsharper\"?
\"Cheater\"?
\"Blackleg\"?
\"Crook\"?
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Depends on who you are and if you\'re in a Victorian novel lol

Seriously though, English is rich in variation when it comes to idiom (there are literally hundreds of words/terms for the genitals and breasts, many of which make no sense to the non-native speaker).

Anyway, one older term was cardsharp (or card sharp), later modified to cardshark/card shark.

Cheat is just the general catch-all term for anyone who, well, cheats.

Blackleg, to me, in modern common usage is more used for someone who works even when a strike is on (also called a scab).

Crook has more of a connotation of criminal than anything.

Einion
 
Einion

Einion

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Originally posted by PegaZus
If you do use \"Cheating Bastard\", I recommend using instead \"Cheatin\' Bastard\". Got a more western flavor by dropping the \"g\".
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Why not go the whole hog then and use \"Cheatin\' bastid\", in the same vein as yella instead of yellow?

Originally posted by PegaZus
As for others, \"yella bellied snake\" is good. \"Rottin\' low life dog\" or \"Stinkin\' cheatin\' polecat\" works too.
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\"Yella-bellied snake\"
\"Rotten low-life dawg\"

The person speaking it wouldn\'t have known any better but one still uses correct punctuation when quoting.

Einion
 
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DaN

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Einion - you pedant! lol
Who uses correct punctuation online?? :p

L337 N1NJ4 5K1LL5 are wher it\'s at, baby!
 
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