September 28, 2009

Philippine Trivia #4

The symbolic name for the Philippines, Juan dela Cruz, is not a Filipino invention? It was coined by R. McCulloch-Dick, a Scottish-born journalist working for the Manila Times in the early 1900’s, after discovering it was the most common name in blotters.

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