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    Default Drinker / Water fountain

    I am wondering if there is a specific, rather informal, term to call this:


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    I've always called it a water fountain.
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    Default Re: Drinker / Water fountain

    "Water fountain" is the normal term in the US.
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    Default Re: Drinker / Water fountain

    Thanks, I'd think there'd be a shorter or more specific term for it, specially since you get this when you google 'water fountain'.

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    Default Re: Drinker / Water fountain

    Definitely wouldn't want to drink the water from those types of fountains.

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    Default Re: Drinker / Water fountain

    Quote Originally Posted by pizza View Post
    ... you get this when you google 'water fountain'.
    Most of us would simply call those 'fountains'

    I would call the one you pictured a drinking fountain or, like SlickVic, a water fountain.

    drinking fountain
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