• razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    It means “white” in several European languages, so while it’s probably not the intended message, it somewhat fits the theme…

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      2 months ago

      in belote (card game), ‘bela’ is the king and queen of a trump suit held by a single player.

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        1 month ago

        Going on a bit of a tangent: In Russian, «бела» (bela) is the short form of «белая» (belaya) and is almost exclusively used in older literature and poetry. So while both do mean “white”, it’s rare to hear bela in modern everyday speech :)