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Nancy Young[_2_] Nancy Young[_2_] is offline
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Default The word is refrigerate

Charlene Charette wrote:
> Steve Wertz wrote:
>> On 12 May 2007 17:25:15 -0700, wrote:
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>>> There is no d in refrigerate.

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>> But there is in 'fridge'. Go figure.


> That's because "fridge" comes from "Frigidaire" not "refrigerator".


And if you spell it "frig" it doesn't look as if it's pronounced "fridge".

nancy