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Water fountain 76 81.72%
Bubbler 5 5.38%
Something else 12 12.90%
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Re: A question of vocabulary

I usually call it a water fountain if I refer to it as anything other than "Mmm, cold(ish) water."

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If you want some more crazy New England vocabulary, we call it clicker.
I'm rather partial to calling it a converter. It just seems to make more sense to me, since nowadays converters/tuners/clickers/remote controls do a lot more than just tune to a channel, the ones I use don't click, and remote control sounds like they're really far away. That said, I usually say remote, no one would understand what I meant if I said "Pass me the converter."
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Re: A question of vocabulary

To be different I call it a Water fountain
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Re: A question of vocabulary

I've heard that "Bubbler" is New England slang, but the only time I've ever seen it is at Canobie Lake Park. Everybody I know and I call it a water fountain.
Also, I call soft drinks soda.
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Re: A question of vocabulary

I call it a Bubbler, as a noter the er can be replaced by an ah.

This is one of the few things I say that get weird looks at school
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