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Re:Calling card by davissorenson on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:05AM (#13954715)
Interestingly, while in English we now say "business card", it seems that at least Swedish and Finnish, and probably other languages too, retained some form of "visiting card". In Swedish "visitkort" and in Finnish "käyntikortti" (literally, visit card) are still the terms for business card in use today.
Re:Calling card by cwmma on Saturday March 25, 2017 @08:10AM (#13955223)
They were distinct concepts, my great grandfather had both [1], so maybe in those other languages they didn't overlap in use like they did in America. For timing I found them in his address book he brought to France in WW1.

1. https://imgur.com/gallery/GNdcj

Re:Calling card by FabHK on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:12AM (#13954731)
"Visitenkarte" in German (for both today's business card and the old style calling card).
Re:Calling card by yoodenvranx on Saturday March 25, 2017 @07:47AM (#13955153)
Re:Calling card by lb1lf on Saturday March 25, 2017 @08:08AM (#13955219)
I believe James Brown at one time had business cards printed with "himself" as title.
Re:Calling card by jaclaz on Saturday March 25, 2017 @01:47PM (#13956713)
"Biglietto da visita" in Italian, it was used also for accompanying a gift, most people used to have two sets, one, a proper "visit card" without anything but the title and the name (and the title was usually striken with a pen to show familiarity) and one more properly a "business card" with the postal address and (once available) phone number.
Re:Calling card by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday March 25, 2017 @06:08AM (#13954855)
In Spanish too. "Tarjeta de visita".
Re:Calling card by abalashov on Saturday March 25, 2017 @07:01AM (#13955009)
Same in Russian - "vizitka".
Re:Calling card by siscia on Saturday March 25, 2017 @06:09AM (#13954857)
In Italy we have "biglietti da visita" which literally translate, as you may guess, in "visiting cards."
Re:Calling card by tmcpro on Saturday March 25, 2017 @11:00AM (#13955969)
In India they still call them visiting cards
Re:Calling card by nift on Saturday March 25, 2017 @06:27AM (#13954909)
Same goes for Danish - visitkort as in Swedish
Re:Calling card by reitanqild on Saturday March 25, 2017 @08:44AM (#13955352)
Let me add Norwegian to the list as well, only with a double t in visitt (double because the vowel in front should have shorter pronunciation I think).