My first blog will be about The Bubbler. Anyone not from Wisconsin, like myself, has no idea what that means. The bubbler I found out is a WATER/DRINKING FOUNTAIN. Apparently in 1889, Kohler Company created a type of water fountain that would bubble water out of the faucet. This was then named the bubbler because of the bubble affect it had while in operation. I have never had so many talks about water fountains in my life. What is really sad is that the Bubbler history I just told was told to me several times by my friends. I have never heard of a water fountain called this and another scary thing is that all around campus there are actual signs that say bubbler, like in the library in the photo. I have been told the argument that "people do not say pass me a facial tissue, they say Kleenex" and this is true, but Kleenex still makes facial tissues which was my argument.
As a Marketing and Accounting major, I can appreciate a consumer's loyalty to a brand, but Kohler no longer sells bubblers as they actually were linked to spreading diseases. This should automatically mean that anyone that calls the water fountain a bubbler is incorrect in their terminology as Kohler is not the even the maker of the water fountains across campus.
I know that I will have several other posts about my life in college in Wisconsin, but I cannot wait to have those arguments with my friends because it keeps life interesting. Now I am going to prepare for the first Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers game of the 2013 Season.
Bottom line, it's a bubbler. This is Wisconsin, home of the bubbler, brat frys, and the Packers. If you don't like it, go back to Chicago. (Joking :p...but really lol)
ReplyDeleteWell, I've had this conversation one too many times before. It doesn't bother me either way what people call it, but I would equivocate calling a drinking fountain a bubbler to how some people call tissues kleenex. If you get what the person means, then I don't really think it matters. The only problem I see arising from saying water fountain is that one might confuse it with a decorative fountain. Personally, I enjoy the fact we call it a bubbler here because it gives us some Milwaukee character. Freedom of Speech... America haha
ReplyDeleteIts basically the equivalent of calling a permanent marker a sharpie or tissue a kleenex. Bubbler was a brand of water fountain.
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