(Phred) wrote:
> Charlene Charette wrote:
> >Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >>>There is no d in refrigerate.
>
> >> But there is in 'fridge'. *Go figure.
>
> >That's because "fridge" comes from "Frigidaire" not "refrigerator".
>
> At first I thought this was nonsense, but I can see the point:
>
> If one assumes the pronunciation of "Frigidaire" for the abridged
> version [nominally "Frig"] then it would have to be spelt "fridge".

What moroons, long before Frigidaire there was Latin... "Latin
frigidus, from frigere to be cold; akin to Latin frigus frost"

Sheldon