Excerpt from How to Play the Game of Skat
In the pronunciation of Skat, following the German spelling, there will probably arise an inclination to make the "a" in the word short, whereas it is long, like the "a" in "Father."
The derivation of the term Skat is difficult to determine. In its present form (as played to day) it is about fifteen years old, though the basis of the game is very much older. There are many games of cards where the points are counted as in Skat, and as many others where the Knaves play important parts.
There are technical terms special to every game, which are part and parcel of it, and these exist in Skat. Such particular names had better be retained as far as is possible, but the German names of the cards themselves, we insist should have their English designation allotted to them, otherwise confusion would follow.
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