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.

Sheldon