12 September 2007
Veronica Mars did this bit about what the "manila" "in "manila envelope" means. It comes from the phrase "ma-nilaan"which I'm sure some Filipinos would try to church up as "The Place of Reeds" but is really just "the reedy place." Heh, so "Manila"is a cognate of the Japanese Yoshiwara, the old red-light district.
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