Sheldon wrote:

Sqwertz 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".
>
>> So why is it called a "RE-frigerator", and not just "frigerator"?
>> Frigerator would mean "makes cold" (in the modern sense of the
>> language), so why the "re" in front of it?
>
>> No wonder they English is the hardest language to learn. It
..>> doesn't make any sense.

>Nothing whackier that the two stooges discussing >academics.

>Anyone who passed 4th grade science would be capable of comprehending
>the concept that a refrigerant does not make anything cold... a
>refrigerant removes heat... as does a refrigerator. Cold is merely
>the absense of heat. The "re" indicates the *return* to the natural
>state.


Hey, poor sqwirtz is just all agog from trying to find a fridge big enuf to
hold those meezly 3/4 lbs. of shrimp he prepares for six people...give 'im a
break, lol.

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Greg