White water
By nawala
@nawala123 (23542)
Indonesia
September 21, 2026 8:42pm CST
In Indonesia, if you to order or to buy buy mineral water, you say "air putih" which literally means "white water". Air means water and putih means white. It is little bit confusing for non Indonesian. sometimes we joke about it. If we order "air putih", we should get milk because milk is white, not mineral water because water is transparent.
6 people like this
7 responses
@Ineeddentures (45014)
•
4h
True
Milk is white and water is transparent, or it should be
When I was a kid one house my father had we got water from a peat bog and it was brown
2 people like this
@nawala123 (23542)
• Indonesia
4h
indonesai is popular for the peat and we just burn it for palm plantation. what the heck
2 people like this
@nawala123 (23542)
• Indonesia
3h
@Ineeddentures i watched in in youtube how people in your country dig. our peat is for saving water in fain forest actually
2 people like this
@Ineeddentures (45014)
•
4h
@nawala123
It burns good
That's what we used as fuel for the fire, to heat the house and to cook with
2 people like this
@luisadannointed (13200)
• Philippines
2h
Cool, thank you for the info.
Hehehehe we call it clear water.
1 person likes this
@luisadannointed (13200)
• Philippines
1h
@nawala123 yes, and it is also become a brand.
It was commercial - clear because it also means its clean and we can trust that we are drinking clean water.
1 person likes this
@nawala123 (23542)
• Indonesia
1h
@luisadannointed just like the brand "aqua" in indonesia. any water we want to buy, we say "aqua"
1 person likes this
