The Church of Alvis

Apparently they have 'em in 'skahnsin too.

Just to settle this once and for all...

Water fountain:


Drinking fountain:


Bubbler:

FYI, there is a whole series of these. The most interesting ones can be found here:
http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps- ... ica-2013-6

hahaha. My wife told me about this last night. BUBBBBLAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Fynn wrote:hahaha. My wife told me about this last night. BUBBBBLAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Wait...your wife told you last night about a thread Skiggity posted this morning?!?!

Furiel wrote: Wait...your wife told you last night about a thread Skiggity posted this morning?!?!

She uses this watch:

What I don't get is like a third of WI says bubbler and yet IIRC Furiel still thought it was odd.

More importantly:


We have those in Texas, but calling them a Brew Thru is awesome.

Blackferne wrote:More importantly:


We have those in Texas, but calling them a Brew Thru is awesome.

It's interesting how some of these fall along state boarders.

Also the more I look at these maps it seems that I speak words in the mid-atlantic manner. Though I guess I have enough midwest/west to have nonregional diction?

Brew-Thru is a product name, like Kleenex, right? Use to be a thing to have a tye-dye shirt with the logo on it.

Blackferne wrote:What I don't get is like a third of WI says bubbler and yet IIRC Furiel still thought it was odd.

The eastern third yes, I grew on on the west side of the state right on the Mississippi where we are much more civilized.