> Coca cola apparently originally was written in Chinese such that it meant "bite the frog." Sales improved after they modified it such that it meant "happiness

> Coca cola apparently originally was written in Chinese such that it meant "bite the frog." Sales improved after they modified it such that it meant "happiness in the mouth." I've always been confused by that, as I couldn't get Coca-Cola to be anywhere phonetically close to 蛙 ("wa"), which would be the character for frog. Had to look it up — https://service.goodcharacters.com/blog/blog.php?id=225 https://service.goodcharacters.com/blog/blog.php?id=225 has it as being 蝌蝌啃蠟, which is mostly nonsense, but if I had to translate it, it would be closer to "tadpole nibbles wax". Or possibly, "ke ke brand nibbling wax", assuming "nibbling wax" is a thing. It certainly doesn't sound like a drink.