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Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by CaraJewel(f): 11:47am On Jul 25, 2016

lilmax:
It's a secret

Hahahahaha

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Nobody: 11:53am On Jul 25, 2016

dude, you had to lift the whole thing, when do we ever get original

CollinsWeGlobe:
What happens is this: when you shorten "refrigerator" to the one-syllable "fridge" you move the "g" from the beginning of a syllable (re-fri-ger...) to the END of one.

In English, g is often "soft" (sounding like "j" at the beginning of a syllable, before e, i or y (germ, "giraffe, gyrate).

But at the END of a syllable/word it doesn't quite work that way. G all by itself at the end is always treated as "hard" --as in rig, bag...

OR when you DO find a "soft g" sound closing a word it is followed by e, AND the preceding vowel is LONG. For example: age, page, etc.

So, by English spelling conventions, "frig" would rhyme with "rig" and "frige" would rhyme with "OBLIGE"

The way English usually solves this problem -- when there is a g at the end of a syllable/word after a SHORT vowel, you write in the "d" --to represent a sound which is already actually part of the 'soft g sound'. There are many examples of this: badge, ridge, ledge, lodge, budge

(If the adding of a D seems odd, notice that j/soft g is actually not one sound, but a combination of two: d + 'zh'; a related sound, only not using the voice is the combination t + sh, which we commonly represent with "ch". 'zh', if it looks odd, is simply the "voiced" version of "sh". It is the sound made by the Z in "azure"

Actually, I believe the REAL problem here stems from the different ORIGINS of two sets of words. The words ending with "-dge" are generally of Old English lineage, whereas the final (-ge) are from Latin, mostly through French. So although "refrigerator" comes from a Latin word, "fridge" accomodates itself to the common pattern used for the 'original English' forms.

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Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by CaraJewel(f): 11:56am On Jul 25, 2016

CollinsWeGlobe:
What happens is this: when you shorten "refrigerator" to the one-syllable "fridge" you move the "g" from the beginning of a syllable (re-fri-ger...) to the END of one.

In English, g is often "soft" (sounding like "j" at the beginning of a syllable, before e, i or y (germ, "giraffe, gyrate).

But at the END of a syllable/word it doesn't quite work that way. G all by itself at the end is always treated as "hard" --as in rig, bag...

OR when you DO find a "soft g" sound closing a word it is followed by e, AND the preceding vowel is LONG. For example: age, page, etc.

So, by English spelling conventions, "frig" would rhyme with "rig" and "frige" would rhyme with "OBLIGE"

The way English usually solves this problem -- when there is a g at the end of a syllable/word after a SHORT vowel, you write in the "d" --to represent a sound which is already actually part of the 'soft g sound'. There are many examples of this: badge, ridge, ledge, lodge, budge

(If the adding of a D seems odd, notice that j/soft g is actually not one sound, but a combination of two: d + 'zh'; a related sound, only not using the voice is the combination t + sh, which we commonly represent with "ch". 'zh', if it looks odd, is simply the "voiced" version of "sh". It is the sound made by the Z in "azure"

Actually, I believe the REAL problem here stems from the different ORIGINS of two sets of words. The words ending with "-dge" are generally of Old English lineage, whereas the final (-ge) are from Latin, mostly through French. So although "refrigerator" comes from a Latin word, "fridge" accomodates itself to the common pattern used for the
'original English' forms.

Kindly visit site www.LifeDrama.com.ng

ò gini:S

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by phibetakappa: 12:03pm On Jul 25, 2016

Some rules in the English language do not make sense sometimes. Just take it like that.

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Izen: 12:04pm On Jul 25, 2016

Why is there 'o' in pronounce but not in pronunciation? Dumb question, dumb op.

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Aydot99(m): 12:05pm On Jul 25, 2016

Because the D is frozen grin

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Interesting15: 12:06pm On Jul 25, 2016

IffaCatchYouEhn:
The real answer .

Wow, I love your handwriting, it's so clear. My handwriting is just disorganized.

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by expert1(m): 12:11pm On Jul 25, 2016

[size=36pt]...Because the refrigerator has already frozen the letter D.[/size]
shocked

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Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by IffaCatchYouEhn(m): 12:15pm On Jul 25, 2016

Interesting15:

Wow, I love your handwriting, it's so clear. My handwriting is just disorganized.

Lol.
Try to write one by one....

As time qoes, You'd be good

Google can be of help.

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Originalsly: 12:17pm On Jul 25, 2016

Frige was the original spelling but there was a typo ...fridge ... which was not noticed and the first English dictionary went to print and into widespread circulation with the error.... and fridge therefore becoming the official spelling of the word. But refrigerate and refrigerator were entered correctly. Any other major problem?

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Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by pepigeorge(m): 12:51pm On Jul 25, 2016

First weitin be firdge for ur own language. ....
then ask lord luggard

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by hob(m): 12:55pm On Jul 25, 2016

Where r the grammarians

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Marrtynze(m): 12:57pm On Jul 25, 2016

@op kindly submit ur CV to this mail Arkstar04@gmail.com

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Marrtynze(m): 12:58pm On Jul 25, 2016

@op kindly submit ur CV to this mail Arkstar04@gmail.com

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Gariga: 1:08pm On Jul 25, 2016

There are some irregular words in English lang just like any other language that their spellings change when using them as noun, verb ,adjective, etc. Examples:

Four---Forty
idiot---idiocy
maintain---maintenance
die---dying
etc

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by neutrotoba(m): 1:10pm On Jul 25, 2016

dandydrey:
Why is there a "d" in "fridge", but not in
"refrigerator" or "refrigerate"?

Pls does anyone have an idea

Speaking as a linguist.... The English writing system (orthography) is not regular... there are three types of orthographic system

1. perfect fit: the correspondence between sound and symbol is perfect. The yoruba language falls in this category.

2. Partial fit: the correspondence between sound and symbol of partially regular e.g greek

3. Poor fit: there is no correspondence at all between sound and symbol. Here you have several different symbols representing a single phoneme e.g /f/ - 'gh' as in cough, 'f' as in feel, 'ph' as in caliphate

You also have several phonemes being represented with a single symbol e.g /s/ /k/ represented with 'c' as in EleCtriCity.

You also would have redundant symbols, i.e symbols that do not represent any phoneme and are playing no role in the the pronunciation of a word. E.g the 'd' in "friDge'. The 'k' and 'd' in "knowledge"

You have words changing forms unnecessarily in different contexts as in 'Fridge' to "Refrigerator".

English is the perfect example of a poor fit orthography, this happens when you leave the designing of the orthography of a language to philosophers or grammarians rather than trained linguists.

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Zieristclair(m): 1:20pm On Jul 25, 2016

IffaCatchYouEhn:
The real answer .

ahahahahahahahahahaha! made my day! grin

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by IffaCatchYouEhn(m): 1:28pm On Jul 25, 2016

Zieristclair:
ahahahahahahahahahaha! made my day!

Stay Blessed bro

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by introvertedsoul: 1:29pm On Jul 25, 2016

Who the F put a " D " in the fridge?
If you catch my drift. . .

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Zieristclair(m): 1:54pm On Jul 25, 2016

pmadise:
Fridge is a brand of refrigerator in those days just like we have Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Thermocool, etc now. They are one of the 1st brands to manufacture a refrigerator. They made the product very popular.

So calling every refrigerator fridge is like calling every SUV Jeep or all needles indomie...etc.

o my God

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by scarletddt: 2:06pm On Jul 25, 2016

If you ask me na who I go ask

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by PhemmyTinny(m): 2:08pm On Jul 25, 2016

CACAWA:
[size=18pt]simple question.

Fridge was a English sentence made from a before language which were not yet confirmed as talking thing before Lord Luggard comes to send mungo-park to check where River Niger starts.

Are you getting my point now bros?
You can phoning me for better explanations I don't like to blowing big grammar inside the Internet.

[/size]

lolz...end time answer!

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Voy(m): 2:09pm On Jul 25, 2016

dandydrey:
Why is there a "d" in "fridge", but not in
"refrigerator" or "refrigerate"?

Pls does anyone have an idea

orally there is
fridge = frɪd͡ʒ
refrigerator = ɹɪˈfɹɪdʒəɹˌeɪtə

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by PhemmyTinny(m): 2:15pm On Jul 25, 2016

CollinsWeGlobe:
What happens is this: when you shorten "refrigerator" to the one-syllable "fridge" you move the "g" from the beginning of a syllable (re-fri-ger...) to the END of one.

In English, g is often "soft" (sounding like "j" at the beginning of a syllable, before e, i or y (germ, "giraffe, gyrate).

But at the END of a syllable/word it doesn't quite work that way. G all by itself at the end is always treated as "hard" --as in rig, bag...

OR when you DO find a "soft g" sound closing a word it is followed by e, AND the preceding vowel is LONG. For example: age, page, etc.

So, by English spelling conventions, "frig" would rhyme with "rig" and "frige" would rhyme with "OBLIGE"

The way English usually solves this problem -- when there is a g at the end of a syllable/word after a SHORT vowel, you write in the "d" --to represent a sound which is already actually part of the 'soft g sound'. There are many examples of this: badge, ridge, ledge, lodge, budge

(If the adding of a D seems odd, notice that j/soft g is actually not one sound, but a combination of two: d + 'zh'; a related sound, only not using the voice is the combination t + sh, which we commonly represent with "ch". 'zh', if it looks odd, is simply the "voiced" version of "sh". It is the sound made by the Z in "azure"

Actually, I believe the REAL problem here stems from the different ORIGINS of two sets of words. The words ending with "-dge" are generally of Old English lineage, whereas the final (-ge) are from Latin, mostly through French. So although "refrigerator" comes from a Latin word, "fridge" accomodates itself to the common pattern used for the 'original English' forms.

Kindly visit site www.LifeDrama.com.ng

what is dis one sayin? na project u dey do ni?

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Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by PhemmyTinny(m): 2:21pm On Jul 25, 2016

Slickest:
The "" is a clue to a hidden treasure...

Did u ever ask urslf why "ANGER" and "DANGER" are not pronounced the same way? Its this same D.

U think D'banj just chose a name for himslf, its the D factor, he found the treasure. U think GOD chose D to complete his 3 letter name out of 26 letters?
What is this worl"" without a D...infact what is nairalan"" without a D?
Ur nobo""y without a D.

lmao...dope!

Ur comment wldnt av ben Dope if not because of d same D!

d D effect/factor!!!

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by Henycymama(f): 2:26pm On Jul 25, 2016

IffaCatchYouEhn:
The real answer .

Lolzz..

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by ITgenuis: 2:41pm On Jul 25, 2016

Slickest:
The "" is a clue to a hidden treasure...

Did u ever ask urslf why "ANGER" and "DANGER" are not pronounced the same way? Its this same D.

U think D'banj just chose a name for himslf, its the D factor, he found the treasure. U think GOD chose D to complete his 3 letter name out of 26 letters?
What is this worl"" without a D...infact what is nairalan"" without a D?
Ur nobo""y without a D.

Rotfl... this is sooo funny grin

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by dandydrey(m): 3:10pm On Jul 25, 2016

Dbrainiac1:
Dumbest question of the week

Seen

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by cutepaul(m): 3:28pm On Jul 25, 2016

Singing...............Minimini jamb question........ah no be Dundee ah no be fool

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by olasesi(m): 3:34pm On Jul 25, 2016

Well, it's just the English Language.

Words or sounds are not exactly as expected, and the rules to getting them are not particular or patterned.

Unlike Yoruba or Arabic

The English language words have to be known and mastered.

The words' production against the sounds may however be guessed.

Another example for the op is "pronounce" and "pronunciation"

Re: Why Is There A "D" In "Fridge", But Not In "Refrigerator" Or "Refrigerate"? by skydancer: 3:55pm On Jul 25, 2016

dandydrey:
Why is there a "d" in "fridge", but not in
"refrigerator" or "refrigerate"?

Pls does anyone have an idea

Here you go, read to your satisfaction. Nice question btw

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/293132/why-is-fridge-spelt-with-a-d-but-refrigeration-spelt-without-one

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