Hi Bob,
You told us an interesting story. However,,,,,
I checked "pinto" in Japanese dictionary.
The word "pinto" is an imported and abbreviated word from Dutch.
The original word is said to be "brandpunt". It must be some time in
19th century when it came into Japan and used first.
Someone on the list from Netherland can tell us a little more about
this original word. :-)
Toshi in Kyoto
At [Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:56:10 -0400], Bob Sull <w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim Terazawa wrote:
>
> > It is really written "pinto boke" in Romanzed Katakana, to be precise.
> > I think "pin boke" is a shortend term of "pinto boke".
> > I do not know where the phrase "pinto" came from even I'm Japanese.
> > Maybe honorable Yamamoto sensei can teach us.<g>
>
> Pinto comes from an ancient economy car made by Ford in the 1970's..... ;-)
>
> Bob
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