Why are they called D?
- Thread starter SpikeC
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Because tear-drop shaped sounds silly.:lol2:
IIRC the shape is called kurigata in Japanese, i.e. chestnut shape, makes a little more sense than D-shape.
most people in japan dont call them d-shaped... there are a lot of other names for them though... chestnut, shinogi, etc.
