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showpony10 | 23:01 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.

As Thecorbyloon says. The imaginative (unlike the French) could see a puffed sleeve in an overhead projection of the English Channel.

British call it the English Channel.
French call it The Channel, as they foolishly don't ascribe superiority to the English.

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