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Do you know what this is?

P: 8/17/2009 11:58:42 AM
joflier Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,692 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/2/2007	The thread about the incorrect words/phrases got me thinking. I'm just curious about this one. Its a word known and used all the time in Wisconsin, but people anywhere else give you a strange look when used in a sentence. What would you say to me if I asked you where I could find a bubbler? Anyone - non Wisconsin, know what that is?
Posted: 8/17/2009 11:58:42 AM

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P: 8/17/2009 12:00:00 PM
luvthemstrawberries Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,912 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 6/19/2008	No clue. Haha, but I'm curious now!
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:00:00 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:06:46 PM
monarch64 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,544 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/12/2005	water fountain "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:06:46 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:07:16 PM
monarch64 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,544 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/12/2005	And I only know that because a former boss of mine was from da U.P. (Upper Peninsula) "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:07:16 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:09:54 PM
Shopaholic Cut Rock Total Posts: 182 Last Post: 9/16/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2004	Yes, that's what I've always called the water fountain....I don't know why I ended up calling it that, I have lived here on the East Coast all my life....DH and almost everyone around me calls it a fountain - so I can't really confirm if it's a regional thing or just me. I do know that around here we call those chocolate ice cream sprinkles "jimmies"
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:09:54 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:10:19 PM
somethingshiny Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,648 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2007	Wow, I live within driving distance of WI and I've NEVER heard of a "bubbler." I never heard of a "clicker" until I moved to IL. (which btw is a remote control) * "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." ~ Karen Kaiser Clark *
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:10:19 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:26:00 PM
joflier Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,692 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/2/2007	I never heard of a clicker, either. Sometimes, I make it a point to ask people where I can find a bubbler, just because its funny to watch their confusion.
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:26:00 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:47:03 PM
treefrog Cut Rock Total Posts: 367 Last Post: 10/28/2009 Member Since: 5/11/2009	A bubbler... you mean the toys that you fill with soapy stuff and they fill the area with bubbles? Or the diver/shipwreck/treasure chest in an aquarium thet makes air bubbles? Short of that, you'd get a funny look around here! Treefrog
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:47:03 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:48:12 PM
Moh 10 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,004 Last Post: 8/18/2009 Member Since: 10/25/2008	A flatulent swimmer?
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:48:12 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:49:02 PM
tyty333 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,372 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 12/17/2008	I probably say a whale or sea lion. What? I'm wrong? Shocking ~~~Thanks to PS, my wants far exceed my budget!~~~
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:49:02 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:50:28 PM
Tacori E-ring Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,078 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/15/2005	I KNOW but I am from WI so that is not fair. My 89 year old grandma asked for one the other day. DH throw me one though. He mentioned a musk mellon (sp?) I had never heard of that before. It is from Ohio. ETA: another one (from Ohio) is buggy for a shopping cart. I had never heard that before. Or a sweeper for a vacuum.
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:50:28 PM

P: 8/17/2009 12:51:34 PM
House Cat Ideal Rock Total Posts: 508 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/22/2009	In California, a bubbler is a type water pipe...ahem. If you're going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill
Posted: 8/17/2009 12:51:34 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:18:06 PM
musincy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 609 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 6/28/2008	Date: 8/17/2009 12:50:28 PM Author: Tacori E-ring I KNOW but I am from WI so that is not fair. My 89 year old grandma asked for one the other day. DH throw me one though. He mentioned a musk mellon (sp?) I had never heard of that before. It is from Ohio. ETA: another one (from Ohio) is buggy for a shopping cart. I had never heard that before. Or a sweeper for a vacuum. A bubbler is a drinking fountain... I can't remember where I learned that though. I've never used the term. Also, as far as the Ohio ones go, I grew up in Ohio and never heard musk mellon or buggy! Sweeper, yes, but not often.
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:18:06 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:19:25 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,893 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	ha ha i don't know how i knew that it was a water fountain. but, we work daily with an external vendor from MN and i love listening to them say things then i am like WHAT WHAT WHAT??? i had an ex from MA and he used to say things like pocketbook for purse and dungarees for jeans and pop for soda or coke. i love regional dialects--so fun. ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:19:25 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:28:07 PM
sunnyd Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,508 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/5/2007	When we moved from Canada, we used to confuse servers all the time asking for cutlery and serviettes.
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:28:07 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:29:20 PM
Amethyste Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 11/15/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2003	A bubbler... is that a water fountain for drinking....? ..: Amethyste :.. ...: Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls :...
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:29:20 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:44:44 PM
somethingshiny Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,648 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2007	Just so you know, "muskmelon" is one word, and it means "cantaloupe." It's used TOO often in IL. (mostly by the older generation) Another dialectal variation: "mushrat" instead of "muskrat." And, if you see "marsh rabbit" on a menu, you can be sure that you're eating "mushrat!" * "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." ~ Karen Kaiser Clark *
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:44:44 PM

P: 8/17/2009 1:52:27 PM
princesss Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,573 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 3/18/2007	Date: 8/17/2009 12:51:34 PM Author: House Cat In California, a bubbler is a type water pipe...ahem. Yeah, that was my first thought, too. Then I remembered somebody telling me ages ago that it was a water fountain. But yeah, my eyebrows shot up when I read this. It means the same thing in VA that it means in CA, apparently. That, or it means people I knew in college would fit in pretty well in CA... ______________________________________________ "It's hardest to love the ordinary things, she said, but you get lots of opportunities to practice." Storypeople
Posted: 8/17/2009 1:52:27 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:03:41 PM
joflier Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,692 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/2/2007	I've heard of muskmelon. Not sweeper or buggy, though. How about stop n go lights? I use that one quite frequently in place of traffic lights/signals.
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:03:41 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM
gwendolyn Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,544 Last Post: 11/12/2009 Member Since: 8/4/2007	I knew that a bubbler was a drinking fountain, but I thought it was an old-fashioned word that I picked up somewhere, like learning about segregation in American history. But I didn't know it was still used anywhere. This is international rather than locational within the US, but there are a few things called different names here in the UK than things at home that I didn't know before I lived here. Here are a few, in case anyone wants to hazard a guess. They're all types of food: courgettes aubergines rocket satsumas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK Wedding: April ?th, 2010 US Reception: May 30th, 2010! Out of Context Theatre presents...ladypirate: "Gwen, you would make a terrible medieval catholic priest!" 'One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.' -Jonathan Safran Foer, 'Everything Is Illuminated'
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:30:04 PM
TravelingGal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,306 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 12/29/2004	Date: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM Author: gwendolyn I knew that a bubbler was a drinking fountain, but I thought it was an old-fashioned word that I picked up somewhere, like learning about segregation in American history. But I didn't know it was still used anywhere. This is international rather than locational within the US, but there are a few things called different names here in the UK than things at home that I didn't know before I lived here. Here are a few, in case anyone wants to hazard a guess. They're all types of food: courgettes aubergines rocket satsumas I won't guess since I have an advantage being married for TGuy, but let's just say in the beginning, there was a lot of -> when he made up shopping lists for me. And don't forget capsicum and spanish onion. _______________________ Travel quote of the week: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:30:04 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:30:21 PM
Upgradable Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,445 Last Post: 11/14/2009 Member Since: 8/15/2004	grew up in northern Illinois, worked in Wisconsin. knew each of these. this thread made me feel very "in the loop"!
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:30:21 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:46:08 PM
gwendolyn Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,544 Last Post: 11/12/2009 Member Since: 8/4/2007	Date: 8/17/2009 2:30:04 PM Author: TravelingGal Date: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM Author: gwendolyn I knew that a bubbler was a drinking fountain, but I thought it was an old-fashioned word that I picked up somewhere, like learning about segregation in American history. But I didn't know it was still used anywhere. This is international rather than locational within the US, but there are a few things called different names here in the UK than things at home that I didn't know before I lived here. Here are a few, in case anyone wants to hazard a guess. They're all types of food: courgettes aubergines rocket satsumas I won't guess since I have an advantage being married for TGuy, but let's just say in the beginning, there was a lot of -> when he made up shopping lists for me. And don't forget capsicum and spanish onion. Oh yeah, good ones! Do you know 'pieces'? That's not throughout the UK, though--that's Scotland (or at least Glasgow). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK Wedding: April ?th, 2010 US Reception: May 30th, 2010! Out of Context Theatre presents...ladypirate: "Gwen, you would make a terrible medieval catholic priest!" 'One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.' -Jonathan Safran Foer, 'Everything Is Illuminated'
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:46:08 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:53:38 PM
TravelingGal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,306 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 12/29/2004	Date: 8/17/2009 2:46:08 PM Author: gwendolyn Date: 8/17/2009 2:30:04 PM Author: TravelingGal Date: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM Author: gwendolyn I knew that a bubbler was a drinking fountain, but I thought it was an old-fashioned word that I picked up somewhere, like learning about segregation in American history. But I didn't know it was still used anywhere. This is international rather than locational within the US, but there are a few things called different names here in the UK than things at home that I didn't know before I lived here. Here are a few, in case anyone wants to hazard a guess. They're all types of food: courgettes aubergines rocket satsumas I won't guess since I have an advantage being married for TGuy, but let's just say in the beginning, there was a lot of -&gt; when he made up shopping lists for me. And don't forget capsicum and spanish onion. Oh yeah, good ones! Do you know 'pieces'? That's not throughout the UK, though--that's Scotland (or at least Glasgow). Nope, have no idea om that one! _______________________ Travel quote of the week: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:53:38 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:55:05 PM
Starset Princess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,474 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2004	Some of the English words are confusing Sweaters are Jumpers Sneakers are Trainers Pants are Underwear Pram is Stroller French Fries are Chips...
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:55:05 PM

P: 8/17/2009 2:55:47 PM
Barcelona Cut Rock Total Posts: 202 Last Post: 10/12/2009 Member Since: 1/23/2009	I know it, but that's because I had a roommate from WI one year in summer school. I use clicker, but mainly for the car or garage door remotes, not the TV.
Posted: 8/17/2009 2:55:47 PM

P: 8/17/2009 3:01:45 PM
kiett98 Cut Rock Total Posts: 138 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2008	Date: 8/17/2009 12:10:19 PM Author: somethingshiny Wow, I live within driving distance of WI and I've NEVER heard of a 'bubbler.' I never heard of a 'clicker' until I moved to IL. (which btw is a remote control) Growing up, my dad always called the remote the "tuner changer" and I could never figure out why he wanted to change the tuna?!?!?! I have never heard anyone else use that word for the remote.
Posted: 8/17/2009 3:01:45 PM

P: 8/17/2009 3:02:05 PM
treefrog Cut Rock Total Posts: 367 Last Post: 10/28/2009 Member Since: 5/11/2009	Date: 8/17/2009 2:03:41 PM Author: joflier I've heard of muskmelon. Not sweeper or buggy, though. How about stop n go lights? I use that one quite frequently in place of traffic lights/signals. Must be a lot of people from WI living in MD. They stop n go around here. Sometimes they just go. Often when it turns red, they still keep going. At a stop sign, I can stop n go but at a traffic signal, I have to either stop or go.
Posted: 8/17/2009 3:02:05 PM

P: 8/17/2009 3:02:58 PM
gwendolyn Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,544 Last Post: 11/12/2009 Member Since: 8/4/2007	Date: 8/17/2009 2:53:38 PM Author: TravelingGal Date: 8/17/2009 2:46:08 PM Author: gwendolyn Date: 8/17/2009 2:30:04 PM Author: TravelingGal Date: 8/17/2009 2:23:23 PM Author: gwendolyn I knew that a bubbler was a drinking fountain, but I thought it was an old-fashioned word that I picked up somewhere, like learning about segregation in American history. But I didn't know it was still used anywhere. This is international rather than locational within the US, but there are a few things called different names here in the UK than things at home that I didn't know before I lived here. Here are a few, in case anyone wants to hazard a guess. They're all types of food: courgettes aubergines rocket satsumas I won't guess since I have an advantage being married for TGuy, but let's just say in the beginning, there was a lot of -&amp;gt; when he made up shopping lists for me. And don't forget capsicum and spanish onion. Oh yeah, good ones! Do you know 'pieces'? That's not throughout the UK, though--that's Scotland (or at least Glasgow). Nope, have no idea om that one! It's also food, but not a single ingredient (in case you want to hazard a guess ). For anyone up for guessing, here are a few non-food items which you may be more familiar with: boot bonnet pavements torch a flannel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK Wedding: April ?th, 2010 US Reception: May 30th, 2010! Out of Context Theatre presents...ladypirate: "Gwen, you would make a terrible medieval catholic priest!" 'One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.' -Jonathan Safran Foer, 'Everything Is Illuminated'
Posted: 8/17/2009 3:02:58 PM

P: 8/17/2009 3:04:08 PM
girlface Cut Rock Total Posts: 146 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/30/2009	Water fountain. People in rhode island called it a bubbler as well. I'm from CT, and went to college in RI. People kept talking about needing to use the bubblers, I thought everyone was just really liberal with their bong usage lol.
Posted: 8/17/2009 3:04:08 PM

P: 8/17/2009 3:04:21 PM
gwendolyn Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,544 Last Post: 11/12/2009 Member Since: 8/4/2007	Date: 8/17/2009 2:55:05 PM Author: Starset Princess Some of the English words are confusing Sweaters are Jumpers Sneakers are Trainers Pants are Underwear Pram is Stroller French Fries are Chips... Agreed. And my lovable but sometimes annoying fiance will 'correct' me when I lapse back into American English. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK Wedding: April ?th, 2010 US Reception: May 30th, 2010! Out of Context Theatre presents...ladypirate: "Gwen, you would make a terrible medieval catholic priest!" 'One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.' -Jonathan Safran Foer, 'Everything Is Illuminated'
Posted: 8/17/2009 3:04:21 PM

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