Vanilla folder -- eggcorn?

Damien Hall halldj at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Tue Mar 14 17:26:16 UTC 2006


It strikes me that this could also be the use of *vanilla* to mean 'ordinary',
'default-type';  but, if so, it would of course also be influenced by the
manilla flavour of stationery.

Damien Hall
University of Pennsylvania

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