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« on: October 17, 2010, 12:06:02 AM »
« edited: October 17, 2010, 12:08:22 AM by Mr. Morden »

In the spirit of "soda vs. pop".

I guess we could also ask "Is it jimmies or sprinkles?"
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 12:16:09 AM »

"water fountain"
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2010, 08:04:50 AM »

Yeah, you forgot "water fountain", which I think the majority of the country uses.

I say "drinking fountain", but that's because I'm Minnesotan and all Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2010, 08:37:40 AM »

"water fountain"
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2010, 01:25:24 PM »

I call it a "water fountain." And I say "water" all funny and weird, because I'm from New Jersey.
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2010, 06:21:46 PM »

Bubbler
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2010, 07:41:36 PM »

Btw, I say "bubbler", since I grew up in the Milwaukee area.  Then I lived in a bunch of places in the US where the term is unknown.  Now I've moved to Sydney, and I find that people actually say "bubbler" here as well.  Weird.
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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2010, 08:07:40 PM »

Drinking fountain.  Water fountain to me seems to imply an artistic fountain in a plaza.
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2010, 08:10:38 PM »

Water fountain.

Water fountain to me seems to imply an artistic fountain in a plaza.

That's just a fountain.
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2010, 09:44:21 PM »

Water fountain.
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2010, 12:25:26 AM »
« Edited: October 19, 2010, 12:27:29 AM by Holmes »

People say bubbler in Milwaukee? Thought it was just a New Hampshire-ish term.

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Crappy map but interesting... didn't know the term originated from Wisconsin.
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2010, 02:11:41 AM »

Bubble taps in Melbourne.
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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2010, 09:19:43 AM »

People say bubbler in Milwaukee? Thought it was just a New Hampshire-ish term.

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Crappy map but interesting... didn't know the term originated from Wisconsin.

It didn't, necessarily.  It could be an independent innovation in both locations.
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« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2010, 10:00:35 AM »

It didn't, necessarily.  It could be an independent innovation in both locations.

I kind of find that unlikely considering that "bubbler" doesn't exactly describe what the object in question actually does. I've never really seen a water fountain bubble in any significant fashion.

Actually looking it up shows that it was a trademarked brand name for the original water fountains. The name apparently didn't stick for the product in general, which is the opposite of the escalator, which was also a trademarked brand name originally, but since the general public began to associate the name with any moving stairs the trademark was lost and "escalator" became public domain. There's your useless fact of the day.
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« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2010, 10:02:23 AM »

Glorified spittoons
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« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2010, 03:12:20 PM »

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/31844089.html

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« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2010, 03:15:26 PM »

I've only heard the term "bubbler" used in reference to a water pipe for smoking weed. I usually say water or drinking fountain interchangeably.
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« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2010, 03:18:06 PM »

I have never, in my life, hear the word "bubbler", except in some obscure moment that I definitely do not remember.
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« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2010, 12:35:55 AM »

Just fountain.
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« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2010, 12:43:12 AM »

Water fountain or just fountain.
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« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2010, 12:23:21 PM »

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