Maybe they're trying to affect a sense of olde-timey olde-elglishe to the deck to match their vintage advert aesthetic. Obviously so that when you and your friendes what to play a capitole carde game together at the theatre you can have a decke that matches the ocassione.
Waite.. Isn't Absinthe from France? As is the style of advertisemente posters I am thinking of, ala Toulouse-Lautrec?
Oh welle..
Har har. Seriously, it was just a typo that went unnoticed until it showed up here. By the Victorian Era, "Olde-Tyme Englishe" was a thing of the past.
Absinthe originated in late 18th-century Neuchâtel, a canton of French-speaking western Switzerland with a flavor based on anise and other botanicals. Its peak of popularity was in
fin de siècle Paris, where it became the drink of choice for bohemians, artists and writers. Due to having trace amounts of chemical compound called thujone, provided by the leaves and flowers of grand wormwood used in the distillation process, the drink was thought to have hallucinatory effects. Despite the amount of the chemical being in quantities too small to affect the body, the drink was banned in the US and throughout Europe in 1915. Over time and more scientific examination, the drink was eventually considered no more harmful than any other spirit (no, it is not a liqueur - no added sugar), but the ban wasn't lifted until the European Union started unifying laws in regard to food and beverages. Today, there's over 200 brands made and sold throughout Europe and North America. It's typically found in strengths of 45-74% alcohol by volume (90 to 148 proof).
Yes, Mr. Toulouse-Lautrec and many of his contemporaries dabbled in the drink, and I believe he also created some advertising posters for it before the ban.
