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Old 05-11-2025, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnN View Post
Well, my friend, my guess is that "Fridge" is pronounced like those of us from Chicago would say it.... Da Bears, Da Cub, Da Fridge.
In a sentence - Hay, Marge, grab me 'nother beer from da fridge, I'm thirsty"

Without the d, it's pronounced "Frige", a french accent , like fri-shay"
Sentence again -Willie, my dear, please fetch me another merlot from the frige

Good one, Ralphy, keep 'em coming
If that was true, then it'd be "Hay Mardge, grab me..."

We do insert a soft d sound into words like that.

So I looked it up and got the answer from Merriam Webster. In a too-late-didn't-read version:

It was originally spelled FRIG. But the latin (where the word refrigerator came from) pronunciation would require a hard G, such as in dog, or big. Adding an e would've softened the G, but created a long-I, frige, rhyming with oblige.

Making it a dge solved the problem. And so it is now pronounced like dodge and bridge.