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showpony10 | 22:01 Sun 19th Nov 2006 | Word Origins
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what does la manche mean
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La manche means "the sleeve" and La Manche is what the French call the English Channel.
22:30 Sun 19th Nov 2006
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As Thecorbyloon says. The imaginative (unlike the French) could see a puffed sleeve in an overhead projection of the English Channel.
22:50 Sat 16th Dec 2006
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British call it the English Channel.
French call it The Channel, as they foolishly don't ascribe superiority to the English.
16:54 Tue 09th Jan 2007

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