Nana referred to her fridge as "the Frigidaire" even though it was a
Coldspot, which was by a company that also marketed the brands Homart, JC
Higgins and Silvertone)

Geo/ATL

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Mike Riley <mkriley@FUSE.NET> wrote:
> > Fridge is a contraction of fridgidaire not refrigerator
> > Mike
>
> True.  Fridgedaire was one of the early brands of refrigerator marketed to
> consumers.  Like Hoover and Coke, the brand name became a synonym for the
> class of product.  mcneely
>
> --
> David McNeely
>