Vanilla folder -- eggcorn?

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

And the alternative:

My brother used to ask for "peanut butter and manilla wafers".  Of
course, he also said "Massatusetts."

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> From Overheard in the Office today:
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> Manager: Does anyone have a vanilla folder?
> Underling: A what?
> Manager: A vanilla folder?
> Underling: A what?
> Manager: A vuh-nil-uh folder!
> Underling: Sorry, I only have chocolate.
>
> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/001674.html
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> "Vanilla folder" pulls up 377 Google hits, though some them
> are obviously not eggcorns but alternate uses of the phrase.
> Oddly, "vanilla folder" -manila pulls up 906 hits.
>
> James Callan
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