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[–] fitjazz@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Frickin Milwaukee calling water fountains "bubblers". They know damn well nobody else calls them that, yet they still act like they didn't know what your talking about when you ask where the water fountain is.

Disclaimer: my information is from 30 years ago and may be slightly out of date.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Massachusetts (Boston) also calls them bubblers. Or, “bubblah’s”