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The word is refrigerate
In article >, Charlene Charette > wrote:
>Steve Wertz wrote: >> On 12 May 2007 17:25:15 -0700, 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". Incidentally, I hadn't realised that Frigidaire developed the original self-contained refrigerators. The brand name seemed to come later than others here in Oz as far as I recall. But that may be a consequence of our old "Commonwealth trade preferences" whereby damn nearly everything (except decent cars) came from Pommieland for the first half century or more of "Australia". I can still recall my surprise at age 12 or 13 when reading that something like 50% of the world's economy was based in the USA at that time -- and about the only US products we saw here then were motor vehicles. Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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