English really makes no sense. I'm switching to Swahili.
Oooma bo-gombo na hi-hi.
2007-04-22 04:34:52 · 29 answers · asked by pancakes & hyrup 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Your questions are funny, they really make you think. Will you marry me? lol
oh and I think it is because frige looks weird, so we have to copy words like ridge and bridge, all of them have d's.
Theoretically there should be no d though, I'll give you that!
2007-04-22 05:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by Calli T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the original word is refrigerator, which came into being around 1803. After refrigerators became alot more accessible then people started getting lazy and shortened it to "fridge" or "frig"(which doesn't add any new letters.
But if you insist on switching to Swahili, go right ahead. But do it wholeheartedly and move to Africa and live among the Swahili-speaking peoples. Make sure you learn what's taboo over there first before you cross them because they might make chop suey out of you if you cross them.
2007-04-22 04:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Adel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered that same thing! There's no 'd' in refrigerator, but there's a 'd' in fridge! I got a 95 on my fourth grade spelling test because I put a 'd' in refrigerator! I'm switching to German.
Auf wiedisen!
2007-04-22 04:39:18 · answer #3 · answered by twixette 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There should be a D in refrigerator too, for purposes of sensible pronunciation. Fridge rhymes with Ridge, the added D makes for the 'J' sound.
2007-04-22 04:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by Lauren J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was spelled "frig", then you don't get the soft G sound. If you spell if frige, the it's a long "I" vowel, and still without the soft G sound. Fridge makes perfect sense, how else would you spell it to get the correct sound?
2007-04-22 04:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by Memo Erdes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just one of the nuances of the English language that makes those trying to learn it nuts! Makes me glad I learned it as a pup.
2007-04-22 04:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Terri J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the person that came up with the word refrigerator couldn't spell ?
ooga booga!
2007-04-22 04:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English doesn't make sense. I think I'll switch to German.
2007-04-22 04:37:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard somewhere that english is the hardest language to learn if it's not your native language and it's the most confusing. Ex. their there they're
your you're
and all those verbs and nouns and adverbs!
AH!
2007-04-22 04:38:28 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus=Savior<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
le frigidaire
le frigo
refrigerator
fridge
no idea, but I was wondering, why in spanish they don't use a diminutive for refrigerator or heladera.
2007-04-22 04:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by natalia k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋