What if water is also the oldest nickname and its been so long that we forgot what the real name was
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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
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.
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.
H2Oh yeah
You never heard a white guy mishandle some Spanish and call it “Aw Gwa”?
I’d a mate that called it council pop.
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.
No no, it’s liquid.
Also their wife:
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Done and done.
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
sky juice
People buy so many different fancy drinks… For me just tap is enough.
tank > tap. (personal opinion)
Faucet dew? Plumbweiser? No water puns in Englishland?
Edit: Fountain dew!
I’m hydrating?
congrats
Good ol’ “Wawa.”
Pretty sure the nickname it gets is “H20”
A molecule with 20 hydrogens?
Wawa? H²0? The drink (golf term)?
