I must admit -- before this poll, had someone stopped and asked me where the nearest "bubbler" was, I would have had no idea what they were talking about!
"Water fountain" is natural for me, "drinking fountain" not unnatural, but "bubbler" unheard of.
I grew up in Buffalo, with a year in Berkeley, CA. I've spent most of my adult life in either Northern California or Boston, but obviously managed to miss hearing "bubbler" while in MA. (I did manage to pick up "wicked cool" though, which I would guess is regional).
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Date: 2007-03-30 08:42 am (UTC)"Water fountain" is natural for me, "drinking fountain" not unnatural, but "bubbler" unheard of.
I grew up in Buffalo, with a year in Berkeley, CA. I've spent most of my adult life in either Northern California or Boston, but obviously managed to miss hearing "bubbler" while in MA. (I did manage to pick up "wicked cool" though, which I would guess is regional).