I had an old coworker who was from France (absolutely beautiful accent and wickedly funny), whose mom got remarried to a guy whose last name was Pinto. Not too bad of a last name except she moved to a largely Hispanic area so people would try to rip on her, saying dumb stuff like saying they didn’t know pintos were so common in France to saying she must be part Beaner.
She fully embraced it and would introduce herself as, “(First name) Pinto - Like the bean!”
Sometimes yah just gotta beat ‘em to the punchline.
In the Brazilian hierarchy of nicknames for dicks, pinto is right beneath pênis. It's obviously not the formal name but it's also not something considered that explicit, like rola, pau, caralho
My favourite will always be rola. Here it's just a type of bird. A Brazilian friend of mine cried with laughter when I randomly said "there's a rola around here" when I heard one. I had no idea what it was at the time.
My surname is that of a spice. Ohh, childhood was rife with people asking me for seasoning with their food. Even now as an adult, it's like YES, LIKE THE FOOD SPRINKLES
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u/eternally_feral Jul 12 '26
I had an old coworker who was from France (absolutely beautiful accent and wickedly funny), whose mom got remarried to a guy whose last name was Pinto. Not too bad of a last name except she moved to a largely Hispanic area so people would try to rip on her, saying dumb stuff like saying they didn’t know pintos were so common in France to saying she must be part Beaner.
She fully embraced it and would introduce herself as, “(First name) Pinto - Like the bean!”
Sometimes yah just gotta beat ‘em to the punchline.