Why is...

[NickFitz]

Isn't Fridge a bit like Hoover - a brand name that has become synonymous with the product?

Nope, "fridge" was never a brand name. There was a brand called "Frigidaire", and "fridge" is believed to be an abbreviation thereof, but it's no more a brand name than "hoo" would be.

An alternative spelling I've seen in books published around the 1920s and 1930s is "frig", but that seems to have been quite short-lived, for obvious reasons

[barrydidit]

Aint no D in my fridge bro.

[GlenW]

manitenance???

triggered

Bugger, bollocks and damn!

[vetran]

How would you pronounce "Frige"? You'd probably try to say it like "Freeg".

It's probably a case of people writing it down based on how it sounds and that spelling becoming the norm.

Smeeg, smeeeg smeeghead?

[NibblyPig]

No idea, probably the same reason you maintain something by doing manitenance.

manitenance???

triggered

[VectraMan]

How would you pronounce "Frige"? You'd probably try to say it like "Freeg".

It's probably a case of people writing it down based on how it sounds and that spelling becoming the norm.

[WTFH]

Isn't Fridge a bit like Hoover - a brand name that has become synonymous with the product?

[Forgotmylogin]

Wordwizard • View topic - Refrigerator or Refridgerator

Why are there two "o"s in Google, if no-one can type it in to their browser...

[GlenW]

Why is there a D in Fridge, but not in Refrigerator?

No idea, probably the same reason you maintain something by doing manitenance.

[SimonMac]

Why is there a D in Fridge, but not in Refrigerator?