_CaesarAugustus_ t1_iveqlmx wrote on November 7, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Reply to comment by blahinator180 in Is it true you guys call water fountains bubblers too? by Kryptonthenoblegas

Wait…I had no idea this was a proprietary eponym situation! I love those. Thank you.

ellathefairy t1_iverxam wrote on November 7, 2022 at 1:15 PM

I didn't either! But as a Rhode Islander who grew up in Massachusetts, i also have always called them bubblers.

Rickshmitt t1_iveu7zk wrote on November 7, 2022 at 1:35 PM

Same. Tupperware!

lazydictionary t1_ivftap8 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 5:38 PM

It's not. That's an incorrect urban legend.

_CaesarAugustus_ t1_ivfx59x wrote on November 7, 2022 at 6:03 PM

I’m not sure where you got that from, lazy dictionary, but I did find info regarding a “double bubbler” fountain from WWI and how people came to call water fountains “bubblers” because of it. Maybe it’s a blend of the two? Some people had already called it that, and some came to call it that after the dual-stream water fountain.