[PW] Vocabulary in 1947 Newfoundland?

[Simon Cauchi]

On 15/02/2007, at 3:01 PM, John P. Dyson wrote:

> I have no documentation at hand, but I bet "fridge" came from the
> popular brand name Frigidaire rather than from a generic 
> "refrigerator."

The _New Oxford Dictionary of English_ has this note in its entry for 
"fridge":

"ORIGIN 1920s: abbreviation, probably influenced by the proprietary 
name _Frigidaire_."

Simon Cauchi
<simon.cauchi at xtra.co.nz>