Why does the word "fridge" have a 'd' and "refrigerator" doesn't?

[Lethe]

shouldn't it just be "frige"?

where'd the 'd' come from?

[zanne]

1. I can't be bothered with that because I'm too busy...

trying to figure out why "baloney" is really "balogna" and why "hot dogs" are really "frankfurters" and why "ketchup" is really "catsup". Deli meats are so confusing.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Actually

"baloney" is "bologna."










Okay, here y'go:

[zanne]

4. Well, thanks for clearing that up.

Now hot about the hot dog thing?

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. That I can't tell ya

I do know the hot dog was invented in the late 1800s — by a Coney Island vendor, legend has it — and was originally called the "hot link."

[Decruiter]

3. Cuz FRIG means something else

Here's a Frank N. Furter, BTW.

[snailly]

12. ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't expecting that! lol

[Lethe]

13. me either lol!

please nobody break out in spontaneous song and dance. this is a timewarp free thread

:evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

5. cos it comes from frigidaire which does have a 'd'

brand name

[KG]

7. bingo! you win the kewpie doll!

:hi:

[wildhorses]

9. aww---

:blush:

:hi:

[Lethe]

8. but it's not in the right place!!

i so confused :(

[wildhorses]

10. you do realize you are on 'leftist' type message board

this may help you out direction wise;)

NOTHING is right around here:crazy:

[Lethe]

14. its a vast left-wing conspiracy i tell you

and 51% of all turns are right-hand turns

:crazy:

[Radio_Lady]

16. What WildHorses said...

From FRIGID -- or Frigidaire.

[hyphenate]

11. Funny....

I was watching an old TV show and they spelled it wrong: they were at a "refridgeration" plant where the baddies were. Being the spelling nazi that I am, I noticed it right away, and kept yelling at the TV screen to tell them they spelled it wrong. However, they couldn't hear me. ;)

[Lethe]

15. yeah thats the origin of my question i guess

cause i always want to spell it with a d, but its wrong.

Y THEY MAKE THINGS SO COMPLICATED? :mad:

[bertha katzenengel]

17. because we Americans take foreign words and bastardize them -- excuse me, I mean

"make them our own."

For example, the French word "surveillance."

"Surveil" has become a verb in American English.

Ugh. Boorish, arrogant, pretentious Americans.

:patriot: