What if water is also the oldest nickname and its been so long that we forgot what the real name was
Anyone who discovers water’s actual name would have total power over it and command all the seas. Turns out water was actually an eldritch demon whose only purpose was to create a legion of legions of living creatures entirely dependent on it for their survival. One day the being that is water will be ready and their grander plans will see us all conquering the stars.
I am Mr Nimbus!
He’s gonna say that a lot.
He controls the police
You need to relax, bud.
Probably was like walterburg fluid and eventually simplified to waduh
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That’s actually speculated to be the case with the word “bear.” There was a superstition that saying its true name might summon it.
Aqua
Bears were the original voldemort
Dihydrogen monoxide.
I’ve heard a few old timers call it “Adam’s Ale”, so it has at least one
me sippin on adams sweet ale 🤤
ITT: the reason water doesn’t have a nickname.
I dunno I kinda like Dr. Watts
Fun fact: one of the oldest languages with an interpretation of the word “water” is Sumerian from over 3500 years ago.
It was pronounced “ay”
(like Fonzi, not eye)
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I’m betting there are many languages which predate that (which we don’t know of) that all have words for water.
You never heard a white guy mishandle some Spanish and call it “Aw Gwa”?
H2Oh yeah
H2flOw (stolen from my wife)
Ooooh. My wife is apparently a comedy thief.
Give your wife a high five for me. This one is solid.Apparently, this is @ZooGuru@lemmy.world 's wife.
You mean, a fivy?
No no, it’s liquid.
Also their wife:
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Done and done.
I’d a mate that called it council pop.
It was grandfathered in from when there was no competition, and therefore no need for nicknames. “I need a drink” simply meant water. The beverage.
I play games with friends and between matches I always say “brb getting a drink”. And you’re right, it’s always water.
Stay hydrated
In Scotland it’s called “Cooncil Juice”
The Dutch use “gemeente pils” which means local government beer. So that is pretty similar.
True, but there shouldn’t be a space between the words. Gemeentepils
Truebutthereshouldntbeaspacebetweenthewordsgemeentepils
Fixed that for you old chap
ThanksalotnowIcansleepcomfortably
Some of that double-H O
sky juice
People buy so many different fancy drinks… For me just tap is enough.
tank > tap. (personal opinion)
Good ol’ “Wawa.”
When my little sister was about 3 she would only drink juice. One night i grabbed the juice pitcher, an empty jar and pretended too mix up some juice for her (we always had the frozen juice concentrate), as i poured a glass for her she asked what kind of juice is was. I said ‘it is clear juice.’
I am in my 40s now, and she still asks me if i want a glass of clear juice.
My preschool teacher called it “sky juice.”
I grew up in the desert, but our ground water is really high (places where it is wet at 13”). We probably would have called it ground juice instead.
