Kryptonthenoblegas OP t1_ivemw48 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 12:28 PM

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

Oh sweet nice to know that some of you guys also use the 'correct' term lol. I didn't know it was from a brand name though, I assumed it's because the water kind of 'bubbles' up.

MargaretDumont t1_ivexdf6 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Wait what??? This is from a brand name? Lifelong Rhode Islander here and had no idea this is why we say it!

Pedromac t1_ivez9mm wrote on November 7, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Yeah the company that made the Bubbler brand of water fountains was in Wisconsin. So they call them bubblers too. And of course Massachusetts and RI bought them, so we can them bubblers.

orm518 t1_ivf9c1g wrote on November 7, 2022 at 3:27 PM

I thought the brand name thing was an old wives tale.

pinktwinkie t1_ivfma68 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 4:53 PM

Maybe, i think Chicago and Elkay have water fountains listed as bubblers in thier catalog

lazydictionary t1_ivftf8m wrote on November 7, 2022 at 5:39 PM

That's incorrect. It was never a brand name.

Pedromac t1_ivh1z2a wrote on November 7, 2022 at 10:29 PM

I went digging and looks like i was half wrong!

lazydictionary t1_ivfthuv wrote on November 7, 2022 at 5:40 PM

It is not a brand name. The other poster is wrong.

The origin of the name is a mystery.