Re: The word is refrigerate
- From: Mr Libido Incognito <Not@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:09:15 GMT
Phred wrote on 16 May 2007 in rec.food.cooking
In article <464808c8$0$16380$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Charlene
Charette <see.sig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steve Wertz wrote:
On 12 May 2007 17:25:15 -0700, djs0302@xxxxxxx 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.
In the begining Frigidaire's biggest selling point was it's
introducing/inventing the shelves on the door. That is what made them a
leader in the development of fridges...
Somewhat like skill saw and circular saw or kleenex and facial tissue.
Their market share also affected North American English.
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