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From: clark@grdian.DEC (Dave Clark, 283-6322)
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Subject: the real thing
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Heard on Paul Harvey ("PAUL Harvey ............... goodDay!") this morning:

When Coca-Cola was first introduced to China a short time ago, the company had
some difficulty spelling the product's name in Chinese, while keeping the same
pronunciation ("ko-ka ko-la") ... the first attempt translated to "bite the wax 
tadpole."  Finally they arrived at something which translated to "may your
mouth rejoice," and now Coke is selling quite a bit better.

-Dave