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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bite-the-wax-tadpole/(permalink)

Author: snopescom

Factors

veracity

language

English

Date published

1999-04-05

Entities

Transliteration Tadpole String instrument Trademark Horse Coca-Cola Mandarin Chinese Written Chinese Beeswax Hubris Chinese characters

Claims (1)

Coca-Cola's initial transliteration of its name into Chinese produced a rendering whose meaning was "bite the wax tadpole."

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