Fridge/Refigerator

[Shrews]

Does anybody know the what the word is for when a shortened word has an added letter?
Example : Refrigerator = fridge

[queenbu]

Does anybody know the what the word is for when a shortened word has an added letter?
Example : Refrigerator = fridge

I don't know, Shrews, but I do know that fridge was originally the abbreviation for Frigidaire.
I guess the letter d was added to keep the same sound.

[BobK]

I think that's right, queenbu. All the "d" does (and the "e", whish isn't really derived from the original e) if preserve the /ʤ/ sound.

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