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TIL Where the word "scupper" comes from (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Has no one swam in a pool and asked what the drains on the sides are called?

[–] Decoy321 3 points 1 year ago

... We call them drains.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was always just told they were drains. I never considered that they may have a specific name.