What do you call a water/drinking fountain?

What do you call a water/drinking fountain?

thatonegirlsierra:

whosthegirlwearingthedress:

I call it a bubbler, with a soft r. Isn’t it a cute thing to call it?!

What do you call the directionals in a car? Directional or blinker? I switch between the two. I say directional when inside the car, but blinker when I’m looking at someone else’s car. ”They’ve left their blinker on for five minutes now!”

I would be kidding myself if I said I dropped my R’s very often. That’s a rare thing. I just don’t emphasize my R’s super hard. They’re soft, but they’re there.

I have literally never in my life until right now heard anyone call the turn signal a directional. I am like, in shock. Is this a real thing? DIRCETIONAL? I never even heard blinker until I went to Oregon. I’ve always called it a turn signal.

/east tennessee hillbilly reporting for duty.

In Canada (at least the parts I am familiar with:) Water fountain/drinking fountain. Turn signal or just signal. Never heard of “directional” before either!
(via that1girlsierra)

Source: whosthegirlwearingsunglasses
1. cats10 reblogged this from captainmoony and added:
  
  Its fountain/water fountain for me, and I call em signals. I’m in Prairie Canada (Manitoba)
2. fatinsf answered: Water Fountain and Turn Signal - Tennessee. Obviously North Texas and Tennessee are correct.
3. serenemissk reblogged this from thereisnosaintellen and added:
  
  Water fountain and turn signal (occasionally blinker) - Central Texas
4. andibgoode likes this
5. bedbugsbiting answered: I have never heard any of these terms. This is weird. I say “water fountain” and “turn signal.”
6. allhorns---andthorns likes this
7. tesseralharmonics reblogged this from monasequeda and added:
  
  “Bubbler” is a peculiarly New England term for water fountain. Then again, the older folk in these parts also call soda...
8. kinghat answered: Water fountain and turn signal- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
9. gretchenisincognito reblogged this from sleepandbooks and added:
  
  You guys are blowing my mind right now. Directional? Indicator? What?! I always say water fountain, and I switch between...
10. arcadema reblogged this from captainmoony and added:
  
  Fountain or water fountain. Blinkers or turn signal. And Emergency lights are just that. -Maritimer raised in Nova...
11. alpha-lima-lima-papa reblogged this from geekgirlsmash and added:
  
  Drinking fountain and turn signals. And hazard lights or blinkers for emergencies. I’ve never heard of the term...
12. woundman answered: But it blinks. And it also gives an idea of direction. So all these names are accurate yes
13. lizzardbeeth reblogged this from matadelanimasola and added:
  
  Water fountain, Blinker :) -South Eastern Minnesota. Like… Deep south.-
14. markatch answered: Water fountain/ drinking fountain
15. sirpuddleduck reblogged this from geekgirlsmash and added:
  
  It’s always been a water fountain to me. And I think I alternate pretty evenly between blinker and turn signal. I...
16. woundman reblogged this from thatwholebrevitything and added:
  
  Water fountain and a blinker. I never heard anyone ever say “bubbler” in my whole life until last summer. Hmm. - New...
17. captainmoony reblogged this from geekgirlsmash and added:
  
  Just ‘fountain’. Or water fountain. Aaand I call turn signals ‘tickers’. Cos they tick. ((Directional? Indicator? Four...
18. matadelanimasola reblogged this from thereisnosaintellen and added:
  
  Drinking fountain, and either turn signal or blinker. -South Central Minnesotan, currently living in North East MN
19. idowhatiwantthor reblogged this from thereisnosaintellen and added:
  
  water fountain and blinker - north texas
20. thereisnosaintellen reblogged this from thatwholebrevitything and added:
  
  drinking fountain -Southwestern Michigan
21. thatwholebrevitything reblogged this from lucillebruise and added:
  
  Water fountain and turn signal. -Western PA
22. anthropomorphizedprophylactics reblogged this from lucillebruise and added:
  
  So nobody else says sippy spout and flicky plastic bit???
23. missgingerlee answered: Turn signal and water fountain. South GA/middle TN hybrid represent!
24. missgingerlee likes this
25. bbc03isstillhere answered: Drinking fountain and blinker -Upstate NY
26. sunny1 answered: water fountain, turn signal
27. auntiehornblower answered: Water fountain, turn signal/blinker, my grandmother called it a bubbler - New England.
28. muralgirl reblogged this from that1girlsierra and added:
  
  In Canada (at least the parts I am familiar with:) Water fountain/drinking fountain. Turn signal or just signal. Never...
29. internalsummer answered: I call it a turn signal but it’s also common to hear blinker where I’m from in Ohio. Ever heard of a berm?
30. dialling-footnoterphone answered: Water/drinking fountain, blinker or turn signal
31. whosthegirlwearingsunglasses posted this