Papelito habla, “a little paper talks.” A 2025 lesson for the second year of secondary school, in the Nueva Escuela Mexicana materials of the Ministry of Public Education, takes the saying as its title.
Among its examples are spoken promises such as “¡Te doy mi palabra!” (I give you my word!). It explains that the value of such words has moved to the documents of everyday life, such as receipts and contracts.