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I prefer 'sharp' because that makes it 5-5.
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I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Card Sharp, because Jaguar says so.Comment
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Crap. I didn't think about that. Kidiverse is turned on it's head because I agreed with Jaguar.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Card Sharp, according to Wikipaedia
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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I am currently in debate with a very dear, sweet lady who insists that the term card shark is, in fact, a modern misnomer for the term card sharp. My grandfather was a blackjack dealer maaaaaany years ago and he insists (and I believe him) that the term card shark is in fact the original term for someone who preyed on those of lesser skill.
Considering that some persons have "preyed on those of lesser skill" since the very invention of games of chance, your grandfather must be of an extremely venerable antiquity if he remembers "the original term". If I were you, I would start buying flowers. The earliest (1859) written version of the phrase was card sharper. As card sharp occurs in several of our dictionaries and card shark in none of them, I would suggest that the latter form is merely, as the "very dear, sweet lady" said, a modern mis-hearing of card sharp, possibly influenced by loan-shark.
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Re: Is it "Card Sharp" or "Card Shark?"
By the way, the act of determining the history and origins of words is etymology.Originally posted by Jaguar
I say "Card Sharp."
Clearly this question is very important.Comment
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Etymology
It's great for learning the vocabulary of another language, because there's often an interesting story behind a word. It may also mean something completely different in another language.
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What the hell? How can 'shark' be winning now? UR found 'sharp' in the dictionary, and even Jaguar and I agree.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Card sharp.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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Great, now I agree with BK. You suck, Jaguar.
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It's Card Sharp.
Sad that so many people think it's shark, and that even other languages stole the wrong one.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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sharp? You people are high.Comment
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'Card shark' makes me think someone is a hustling card player.
'Card sharp' makes me think someone is a skilful card player.
There, they can both mean something, and both mean something different.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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