So when i played at the Casino de Montreal this summer, i realized when i started playing that the cards are different from typical decks in american casinos. The kings or 'K's were replaced with 'R's and the queens or 'Q's were replaced with 'D's. I dont speak french, but i referred to my spanish to figure it meant something similar to 'reyes' and 'damas' (kings and ladies). The jacks were also replaced by 'V's, (vaqueros? = cowboys.. no idea on this one). Took a bit of adjustment to get used to, but overall was an interesting experience. Was just curious if there are other casinos around the world that alter the face card letters like this.

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Um, every casino in which a language other than English is primarily spoken?

The R is roi, the D is dame, and the V is valet.

(In France, the guy who parks your car is considered royalty. )

Casino de Montreal, as in Canada, yes.

The thing to remember is that their language is duel English and French, so they're just as likely to have French.

As Canada is the one of the few only countries with duel languages (Wales is the only other the springs to mind), you probably won't encounter this often.

do you have specific examples that youve played in?

Quebec is almost exclusively French. They tolerate English but it's French first AINEC.

I've never played outside the US personally but you can look here for other examples:

http://everything2.com/title/Textual...+playing+cards

FVP.

In Puerto Rico they speak Spanish yet use AKQJ cards.

Spain(casino Barcelona) and France(aviation club) both had "US" decks IIRC.

Costa Rica, official language spanish = english cards

Actually, there's no fighting over the issue at all. That's a myth. Far from being a matter of conflict, they're quite content having dual English and French, with a slight preference to French of course.

What do they use in Paris?

Didn't mean to imply there was any kind of 'lingual animosity', just that unlike most countries that have one official language, Canada has 2.

Salami. They use salami.

Y'bastard. I wanted to be the one to give a smartass answer to that.

I aim to please!

I thought you had actually witnessed a duel.

Just joking. Duel, dual. Hey, strange grammar and spelling errors catch my eye. Nothing I can do about it. Move on, nothing to see here.

Oh!

Pardon me whilst I hang myself in grammatical shame...

If we're going to delve even further into nitpickery, that's not a proper ellipsis (…) at the end of your last sentence, and it would be an improper usage anyway.

Must you torment me so!

I must.

I appreciate you guys bumping this thread with grammar nittery

french Canadians are rude like that. They use every opportunity to be as french as possible.

The reason for the difference lies in Quebec's ridiculous language laws. French must be the primary language of Government, and public, discourse. Hence this ridiculous convention. God forbid that a government run casino have le Roi represented by a "K" (for King) . . . no, we must preserve the distinct nature of our culture by using R, D, V instead. Xenophobic twits . . .

This is straight BS. Try putting up a sign in English advertising ANYTHING, and see how fast the Language Cops are at your door. And no, Language Cops is not an exaggeration . . . they have an entire enforcement division for their Bill 101 laws.