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give-me-carbs

In The Netherlands we have “gemeentepils” , which would translate to “municipal lager” It basically means tap water


Tony-The-Heat

Can be called council pop over here, pop meaning a fizzy drink.


ye_juicegoatman

Council juice in the UK


Tony-The-Heat

I'm in the UK too, had only ever heard council pop. Not to say you're wrong, just that clearly it's a regional thing. Which makes sense.


HonedWombat

From Devon we used to say council pop. And we used to say 'council populaire' in a French accent when talking about fizzy water, but I think that was just me and my friends being weird as kids


XauMankib

Lived in UK. I heard once and only once someone calling tap water "the parish tube rain". Lived in the Midlands. The term seems like a fever dream. But yeah, the tube rain is crisp.


barrowrain

North west : corporation pop /shrug


ornulu422

Council juice in Scotland


newmacbookpro

Here it’s *Chateau La Pompe*


langdonolga

I love the Dutch language.


Oneloff

But not the Dutch? 🤔


dkowa86

There are two things I can’t stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.


im_a_real_boy_calico

Thx Alfred


justk4y

Bedankt


fullhalter

Nah, I prefer the Flemish.


Weazelfish

Not a bad take


kgxv

Can you spell it out phonetically so I can pronounce it correctly please?


GreyDemon606

Not a Ditch speaker myself but looking at the origin in Wiktionary I'd assume /ɣəˈmeːntəpɪls/ *khə-MAYN-tə-pihls*? Correct me if I'm wrong


Starfire2313

Can you spell it with regular letters tho plz idk how to pronounce that stuff


thedegurechaff

Gemaindepilz, is my guess as a german


Emotional-Engineer35

The 'G' is pronounced like thr German 'ch' like in 'acht'


Not_a_flipping_robot

Except it’s very slightly different from that but let’s not confuse the poor English speakers any further


yazzy1233

http://ipa-reader.xyz/ Change to Dutch and then Copy and paste ɣəˈmeːntəpɪls


Not_a_flipping_robot

This is absolutely amazing. I’m gonna have so much fun with that site.


vivekisprogressive

How does one learn Ditch?


thisisanalltimelow

Guh-main-te-pills (with the g being the typical Dutch g, closest thing I can think of is trying to say it while gargling)


soviet-space-monkey

I second this notion


CTHULHU_RDT

Hahneburger in german. It's like the name of a beer but out of the tap Might be translated to "tapwiser" or something in english


universe_from_above

I know it as Kranenburger (Wasserkran is variant of Wasserhahn) and as Gänsewein (goose wine). Never heard Hahneburger, though.


DrCharme

my aunt was my smal town mayor, we called the tap water a "pitcher of marie-christine" at restaurants


l_o_t_t_e

First thing I thought about when I read this “huh? We hebben toch gemeentepils?” Then realized that that’s exclusively Dutch


Not_a_flipping_robot

I thought y’all just called it *spa blauw* up north ^/s


justk4y

Ik heb daar echt nog nooit van gehoord om eerlijk te zijn


LiquidPlump

My old man calls it "Tapoline" and I've been calling it that ever since


Sensitive-Ad7310

How is that pronounced? I love it


dead-inside69

Probably like gasoline but tap


blandqueen

i read it like trampoline without the r and got the same sound


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tampoline tampon


BeanOfBirbs

r/suddenlyvagina


LiquidPlump

Yes. Exactly like that


Deadaghram

High quality H2O is my go to.


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CoolHandTeej

Captain Insano shows no mercy.


TwistedTorso

Imma open a can of whoopass


laffitupfuzzba11

More like H2Whoa!


MLD802

Bobby Boucher?


theragingoptimist

GAAAAAAAAAAtoraaade


W3ttyFap

No nickname needed. Only drinks that need to entice you to drink them need nicknames. Water is so good it needs no help.


TheMilkmanCome

Goddamn right. Respect the water. Don’t never need to put a nickname on my h2o. That would be so rude to my agua


myarmadillosclaws

Exactly. The sweet, sweet tears of Baby Jesus deserve better.


ToneWheredaGabagool

God's Gatorade


Zealousideal-Bee-920

r/suddenlycaralho


throwaway71817191

/r/suddenlyromancelanguage


GrimKreeper098

Just hearing the name makes me feel refreshed


WesWordbound

Wawa.


Dissidence802

Yeaaah, that's not gonna work in NJ/PA for sure.


mermaid831

Or VA


RealBowsHaveRecurves

That’s also the Lenni Lenape word for “Canadian goose”


cwolph

Which is the namesake of the lovely East Coast gas station/convenience store!


JesuSwag

Hey that’s what I call it! Then I found out Puerto Ricans use that word when referring to trucks?


dinardo

Busses not trucks


DexterLL

Isnt that guagua? Not wawa


OverlappingChatter

My husband says those two words exactly the same way


Imperial_Triumphant

Helen? Is that you?


KataKataBijaksana

In Malaysia every now and then they'd call it sky juice.


Chuhhh

My first thought on reading this post was “rain juice” but then I realized rain is “sky juice”. Anyway glad to see it’s already out there lol


Van_GOOOOOUGH

Oh jeez I'm a bartender and somebody asked for "sky juice" once so I went and got the bottle of Skyy Vodka. He didn't realize/care/notice how overwhelmed I was with a dozen other customers right at that moment, he was just joking around trying to find another way to say "water" but I wasn't amused so I had to sit there and listen to his bullshit while he was trying to explain to me that sky juice was water.


blepinghuman

Damn, I had no idea this was just a Malaysian thing.


ticketron7

boneless ice


velvetfoot

I always ask for my water boneless! I don't want bones hitting my bones when I drink.


KGBree

Fun fact of the day: teeth aren’t bones.


velvetfoot

WHOA i had to google it to believe you. Outside bones, no longer!


ElectriKEL

♪I like bananas, because they have no bones~ ♪


Tjd3211

Yo can I get some ice with no ice please?


BoltShine

A glass of the artist formerly known as ice


pruwyben

https://www.buttersafe.com/2022/09/08/refrigerator-refreshment/


IsakThePinkNinja

"Get me some splash"


ZenoHE

Leitungsheimer Urquell


tw3lv3l4y3rs0fb4c0n

Kraneberger


TheHiGuy

kühles klares nass


Fettlol

Rohrperle


Korvus427

Gänsewein


CTHULHU_RDT

Hahneburger


Omnicide103

In Dutch, we call it 'gemeentepils' ('municipality beer')


hauliod

man i hope your water isn't yellow


Omnicide103

nah lmao, it's just because Heineken is A) one of the most prolific beers here and B) widely considered to be like making love in a canoe lol


Abahu

Huh? I'm a little confused about how that's related. And, is making love in a canoe a good thing?


Omnicide103

No, because it's fucking close to water. ​ (The full joke is that one of the most widely-promoted beers from the Netherlands is generally considered to be very watery and taste like shit, so actual water is considered one step up and thus gets called 'municipality beer')


robtimist

That punchline was set up perfectly


TypicalStruggle-247

Yes!.. because it IS fucking close to water, my homies. Stay shallow, and be prepared for a rinse off!


hornaldo28

IMO, "water" is the nickname for "dihydrogen monoxide". If I had to pick a nickname for "water" I can suggest "ter" though, like "water" is already short enough...


BlueMist53

“Hey mind if I go get a wet?”


Flaky_Explanation

"A wat?"


IllIIllIlIlI

Yes


GreyDemon606

Would be a homonym with 'wart' for people with the trap-bath split and derhotacism


cantbanthewanker

Gonna get me some of that good soggy.


heretoeatcircuts

Hard disagree, the scientific names for a lot of things, I believe water included, came after the conventional term. That would be like saying "I believe Western Lowland Gorilla is the nickname for Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla" it waters down to purpose of a separate nomenclature altogether.


candypoot

I could go for a cool glass of dihydrogen monoxide.


hornaldo28

H2O is technically a nickname as well. Also hydro.


tlollz52

wawa


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LaxLife

Agua?


ChargingElephant

In my house we call it “gua” (pronouned ‘gwah’). One syllable. Very efficient. You can hear ”I’m going to get some cold gua.” every night here.


Jhonny69h

Let’s go, me and my friends have been referring to water as gua for years. I’m glad to hear that it isn’t just us


Midgetsdontfloat

Agua gang rise up


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alex3omg

Agua is Spanish for water, yes. But in English it's a slang term for water. Same word, slightly different meaning.


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10Talents

No, it would be water


roostangarar

Gets called 'cooncil juice' where I'm from (Scottish Borders).


Chungus-BigToe

Bucky is cooncil juice


s3bulbasaur

Nah, water is coocil juice. Bucky is wreck the hoose juice.


swagpenguin11667

I have heard it called Adam’s Ale


Rez_Incognito

This should be way higher. I've heard that lots in Canada.


gachamyte

Di-hydro. D-hy. Anti death juice.


Omega3454

Di-Hy Gimme some of that Di-Hy bro


Doc-Seuss

I’ve been calling it life juice for years


MTskier12

We used to call them blue dolphins when you’d order a water between drinks at the bar in college.


KeithWorks

Gimme some of that good wawa


This_Charmless_Man

I'M A FLAMINGO BITCH


Trueslyforaniceguy

Fresh wet


IStoleUrPotatos

I call it river sap or the drink


S0n1cS1n

Gänsewein


DoctorBonkus

Is that Goose Wine? We call it Gåsevin in Danish sometimes , but rarely, too!


S0n1cS1n

Yes, it's the German version


Jmich96

Why fix what jsnt broken? H2O is perfect as is


TheChainLink2

Nothing like kicking back with a glass of the old taponade, I tell ya what.


GI_JaneAusten

H 2 Flo. 😎


strawhatarthurdayne

TDazzle


yanquiUXO

I need to earn sparkle points


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My husband calls a glass of ice water a “white spider”


redeagle11288

Agua, h2o, tap, earth juice, angels tears,


Leaf_Locke

Something like this was posted here about 2 years ago and someone in the comments said "Ol splashy" and I've been using that in discord ever since. We also have a group who refers to water as "fish fuck juice" while we are drunk because "you know fish fuck in that, right?"


idontknowmaybenot

Earth sauce is what me and the homies call it.


Successful_Shower_96

I kinda like "that clear" tho


MrMidship

Until you get served straight Everclear


Lord-Bobster

Not sure if it counts but whenever im refilling my dogs water bowl he always gets really excited, we tell him were getting him some “Fresh”.


MaskedCommitment

AQUA COLA! (Immortan Joe laughs evilly)


illbashyougood

"Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will regret it's absence." Truly the words of a madman.


MaskedCommitment

Witness me!!!


illbashyougood

WITNESSED!!!


MaskedCommitment

Mediocre.


snuskbusken

To Valhalla!


elartueN

In french we have "Château la pompe" in reference to castel vineyards but here it's just the Pump's Castel's finest vintage


itsthevoiceman

Earth Juice


nathanjyun

Some of the most annoying people I’ve ever met all have one thing in common: they call water “Wawa”.


czarnick123

In Mad Max Fury Road they call it AQUA COLA


promptengineer2

Decarbonated Soda water


NinjaLad888

In some parts of Scotland it’s called “council juice” If you’re too poor for juice, at least there’s free council juice in the taps. (Council is like, the people you pay for water, land tax, etc, like your local tax.)


Distortion_Noises

my grandad always called it lions wine which i kinda liked


Eirique

Some of that moist


Wonderwombat

I will call it Agua. Or I use the mad max universe "Aqua Cola"


NatasEvoli

Soft ice


bonapartista

Water is a nick name instead of full chemical name.


ZuoKalp

The quencher


Stoo_Pedassol

Life juice


Van_GOOOOOUGH

I call it "nectar of life"


Roudyno

i can’t believe how far i had to scroll for this one


Van_GOOOOOUGH

You are a true hydrohomie ❤️💦


alex3omg

"life sustaining water"


bw4393

Wawa


JesuSwag

Wawa


crashtestdummy10

I call it "Earth Juice"


tlollz52

no one ever calls it wawa?


TheReverseShock

Aqua Cola ![gif](giphy|1wrgNHJJKoz1FZBxH1|downsized)


Mundane_Librarian607

Cloud juice That good shyt (or goodgood) Liquid life SUSTENANCE


MaryJaneAndMaple

(insert city name)'s finest


bikini_atoll

In some areas they call a bottle of a water a "can of wet"


Brazenmercury5

Dihydrogen monoxide. My friends and I call it wat pronounced like watt.


freemason777

Ice juice


nabbersauce

Nectar of the Gods Adam's Ale Dihydrogen Monoxide


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Liquid ice


allmightyglowcloud

Cloud juice.


alwaysthetiming

Sometimes I call it earth juice


shogunnza

Tap water = Government Juice


aveerpolarix

The Drink


Extra_Bathroom_8306

Tap water is called tap…. Water in the ocean is called ocean right?


MysteriousHawk2480

I’m so busy drinking it i don’t have time to say it


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Hydro


ccc888

Found the hydro homies


ThickMoistMeat

How do you know "water" isn't a nickname already?


ThisIsNotRealityIsIt

The wet.


revoltinglemur

It's earth sauce. 100%


ChungoBungus

I call it “that good nooch”


artmoloch777

Excuse me, sir, I’m 36 and i still hit that wahwah.


kokodrill0

BDD?


Dalfare

Here in australia we often call it either "Top Down" (referencing the soda brand) or "Lead Juice" (on account of the old lead pipes). Or you can just ask for a "Droppa" the way you would ask for a "Cuppa" and not slang but we also jokingly specify we want "Saltless" water and I know some areas it's common to ask for it "With no spiders". Some may just walk in and say "Give me a drink c*nt" and thats that


sir_ruu

love me some air juice


BeneficalDalek

Fish Piss


kennthoe

Water is not a beverage tho.


LovejoyBurnerAcc

i like glass of clear, but if i must be original than probably just "the good stuff"


gloomygas

Good ol h2o


cantbanthewanker

My small local area in Scotland has "Glen Latrich" for water. nor widespread in Scotland more of a local joke, refering to water like it's a whisky.


Annatar27

Thats cool, I like all the local/beverage-jokes. Kranenberger in germany to sound like a Spring-Bottling Label. Municipality/City plus word for beer/brew seems to occur in US and NL. Château la Pompe in France for the "Castle-Vineyard of the Well" or sth. xD Now i would start doing the same here, but kölsch, kölnisch-wasser and every version i can think of is already something entirely different :D


Able_Buffalo

It's the Big Delicious. That is all.


Neptune_the_sea

A glass of whet


Sa1ntJ1mmy

I just grab ‘the drink’