Short for refrigerator: "Frige" or "Fridge?"

[Black]

billb wrote:
because frige was already taken for a anglo-saxon goddess

it's a phonetic abbreviation
spelled like it sounds

Well, 7% of poll respondents say you're wrong.

[Janit]

Black wrote:
Why does "fridge" have a "d" if "refrigerator" doesn't?

Most likely because the proper pronunciation of a word spelled "frige" would be ambiguous, but the proper pronunciation of "fridge" is pretty clear -- it would follow the pattern of the words ridge and bridge.

[NewtonMP2100]

you can't control your height for an appliance......

[decay]

frij

[Fritz]

Black wrote:
Why does "fridge" have a "d" if "refrigerator" doesn't?

because it can

[guitarist]

Crik? Or creek?

[Lux Interior]

guitarist wrote:
Crik? Or creek?

Both are pronounced the same, but one is something you get in your neck and the other is a small stream.

[ka jowct]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=guitarist]
Crik? Or creek?

Both are pronounced the same, but one is something you get in your neck and the other is a small stream.
I think that's a regional thing. Where I grew up, people pronounced "creek" as "crick". Where I live now, we say "creek". I'm in favor of going with pronunciations that most closely match spelling, however difficult that may be in the mess that is English.

[3d]

Ridgid (tools) is spelled with a "d". So I'm going with fridge

[Black]

Well, I can see from the poll results that this is going to be an uphill battle.