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Wayne Boatwright[_5_]
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The word is refrigerate
On Sat 13 Dec 2008 05:35:39a, Nancy Young told us...
> Charlene Charette wrote:
>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>>> On 12 May 2007 17:25:15 -0700,
wrote:
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>>>
>>>> There is no d in refrigerate.
>>>
>>>
>>> But there is in 'fridge'. Go figure.
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>> That's because "fridge" comes from "Frigidaire" not "refrigerator".
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> And if you spell it "frig" it doesn't look as if it's pronounced
"fridge".
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> nancy
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Wait till we start referring to it as "ice box". That should really put
him off the deep end. >-)
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