What do you call a water/drinking fountain?

geekgirlsmash:

thelefthandedwifeinhiding:

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.

water fountain and indicator.

-A south texan

Drinking Fountain, and turn signal. Blinkers/flashers are the emergency lights.

-Ohio Native who spent 5 years living in Virginia, and now resides in Pennsylvania

Just ‘fountain’. Or water fountain. Aaand I call turn signals ‘tickers’. Cos they tick. ((Directional? Indicator? Four syllables takes way too much time.))

- Maritime Canadian; born and raised on Prince Edward Island, now living in New Brunswick.

Source: whosthegirlwearingthedress

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  1. cats10 reblogged this from captainlanta and added:
    Its fountain/water...em signals. I’m...Prairie Canada...
  2. fatinsf answered: Water Fountain and Turn Signal - Tennessee. Obviously North Texas and Tennessee are correct.
  3. serenemissk reblogged this from perfectlyqueer and added:
    signal (occasionally blinker) - Central Texas
  4. captainboobs reblogged this from geekgirlsmash and added:
    fountain / indicater.English, north londoner.
  5. bedbugsbiting answered: I have never heard any of these terms. This is weird. I say “water fountain” and “turn signal.”
  6. invisiblebee reblogged this from thelefthandedwifeinhiding
  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. pianoparker answered: Water fountain and turn signal- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  9. becausegretchensaidso reblogged this from elleeldritchunderground and added:
    You guys are blowing my mind right now. Directional? Indicator? What?! I always say water fountain, and I switch between...
  10. monasequeda reblogged this from alpha-lima-lima-papa
  11. arcademia reblogged this from captainlanta and added:
    fountain. Blinkers or...And Emergency lights...just that....
  12. ttssgg reblogged this from hufflepug and added:
    blinker. -Chicago by way
  13. reddoorsandlemontrees answered: Water fountain, blinker.
  14. midnight-naiad reblogged this from hufflepug and added:
    Drinking fountain, and blinker or turn signal. I’m from Central Texas but I’ve got a bunch of midwest in the way I say...
  15. hufflepug reblogged this from alpha-lima-lima-papa and added:
    Water fountain. Directional if it’s someone else on the road (USE YOUR FUCKIN DIRECTIONAL MOTHERFUCKER), blinker if I’m...
  16. 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...
  17. lucanias answered: But it blinks. And it also gives an idea of direction. So all these names are accurate yes
  18. markatch answered: Water fountain/ drinking fountain
  19. nopholom reblogged this from lucanias and added:
    fountain and indicator (funny thing really, since it’s you indicating where you want to go) - England
  20. leezlemon reblogged this from matadelanimasola and added:
    Water fountain, Blinker :) -South Eastern Minnesota. Like… Deep south.-
  21. 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...
  22. lucanias 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...
  23. captainlanta reblogged this from geekgirlsmash and added:
    Just ‘fountain’. Or water fountain. Aaand I call turn signals ‘tickers’. Cos they tick. ((Directional? Indicator? Four...
  24. idowhatiwantthor reblogged this from perfectlyqueer and added:
    water fountain and blinker - north texas
  25. matadelanimasola reblogged this from perfectlyqueer and added:
    Drinking fountain, and either turn signal or blinker. -South Central Minnesotan, currently living in North East MN
  26. perfectlyqueer reblogged this from thatwholebrevitything and added:
    drinking fountain -Southwestern Michigan
  27. geekgirlsmash reblogged this from thelefthandedwifeinhiding and added:
    Drinking Fountain, and turn signal. Blinkers/flashers are the emergency lights. -Ohio Native who spent 5 years living in...
  28. thatwholebrevitything reblogged this from lucillebruise and added:
    Water fountain and turn signal. -Western PA
  29. vanboobsenstein reblogged this from lucillebruise and added:
    So nobody else says sippy spout and flicky plastic bit???
  30. missgingerlee answered: Turn signal and water fountain. South GA/middle TN hybrid represent!
  31. bbc03indisguise answered: Drinking fountain and blinker -Upstate NY
  32. sunny1 answered: water fountain, turn signal
  33. punkrockmuffinatrix answered: Water fountain, turn signal/blinker, my grandmother called it a bubbler - New England.
  34. elleeldritchunderground reblogged this from thelefthandedwifeinhiding and added:
    Water fountain and blinker!
  35. lucillebruise reblogged this from thelefthandedwifeinhiding and added:
    Water Fountain, Turn Signal. -A NORTH texan.
  36. quichelotta reblogged this from thelefthandedwifeinhiding and added:
    Water fountain and turn signal -Washingtonian
  37. 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...
  38. 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?
  39. thelefthandedwifeinhiding reblogged this from that1girlsierra and added:
    water fountain and indicator. -A south texan
  40. dialling-footnoterphone answered: Water/drinking fountain, blinker or turn signal
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