英语释义
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A term used in New England, especially by people from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, to describe what most other folks call a [water fountain]. To the New Englander, the term water fountain tends to remind them of a regular, show-offy fountain.
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> NEer: 'Scuse me, wheah's the bubblah?
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> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?
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> NEer: Ya know, the thing ya can get a drink from.
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> Non-NEer: *chuckling* You mean the water fountain?
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> NEer: Watuh fountain? Ya mean this dump has a watuh fountain?!
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> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?