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Posted to rec.food.cooking
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The word is refrigerate
Nancy Young wrote:
> Chong Dak wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> 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.
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>>>> That's because "fridge" comes from "Frigidaire" not "refrigerator".
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>>> And if you spell it "frig" it doesn't look as if it's pronounced
>>> "fridge".
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>> And frig means something COMPLETELY different. 
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> Tell me about it! (laugh) No, really, don't, that's a different
> newsgroup.
> nancy
Definitely, and I'm keeping away from *that* newsgroup.
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