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[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 7:45 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How about "water bubblers"? Are they also a tap?
>

Ah yes, the "bubbler".

For those that don't live in Rhode Island, or one specific part of
Wisconsin, "bubbler" is a word that we use for what's called a "water
fountain" in other parts of the US.  The history of this is that once upon
a time, the Kohler company (the one that makes faucets and so forth)
manufactured the first outdoor water fountain, and named this invention the
"bubbler".  For reasons probably lost in history, these Kohler Bubblers
were first installed in those two locations and locals there referred to
them as bubblers from thereon out.  As other manufacturers made other water
fountain fixtures, "everywhere else" just called them water fountains.

I was probably in high school before I learned what a "water fountain"
was...
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