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Default The word is refrigerate

On Sat 13 Dec 2008 05:35:39a, Nancy Young told us...

> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>


Wait till we start referring to it as "ice box". That should really put
him off the deep end. >-)

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