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I just learned that "card reader" may apparently mean a fortune teller who uses cards, a cartomancer. Is this usage common? Is it specific to British English? (it's the British edition of a Canadian show in the video) If I said "A card reader told me my fortune", would this sound funny to a native speaker of English? I'm asking because no dictionary I looked in had this meaning. Asmrulz ( talk) 02:52, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Not all card readers use Tarot card,ordinary playing cards and other packs of game cards may be used Hotclaws ( talk) 08:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
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I just learned that "card reader" may apparently mean a fortune teller who uses cards, a cartomancer. Is this usage common? Is it specific to British English? (it's the British edition of a Canadian show in the video) If I said "A card reader told me my fortune", would this sound funny to a native speaker of English? I'm asking because no dictionary I looked in had this meaning. Asmrulz ( talk) 02:52, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Not all card readers use Tarot card,ordinary playing cards and other packs of game cards may be used Hotclaws ( talk) 08:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)