You know what really puzzles me ?

"BATC42" (BATC42) 10/26/2014 at 10:25 • Filed to: None

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That in France we call these "Frigo américain", or American fridge. While you guys guys call them French door fridges.

And we even call open kitchen (a kitchen with a bar opened on the living room), an american kitchen....

jkm7680 > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:28

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I call this magical device "A Fridge."

AthomSfere > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:30

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I have never heard this called a French Door fridge... This is a side-by-side.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:30

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they're only french doors if there's no central mullion or spine, see example.

Cé hé sin > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:36

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So what do you call French windows?

Cé hé sin > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:39

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We call them American fridges in Ireland. I always thought that was because they are very wide.

KnowsAboutCars > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:43

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Interesting. In Finland we have ''jenkkikaappi'' or yank fridge and it looks different.

BATC42 > Cé hé sin 10/26/2014 at 10:50

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This would be a "porte vitrée".

BJ > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 10:50

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This is what I would call a "side-by-side", because it's a fridge and freezer unit side-by-side (duh) and they're of unequal widths. French doors are of equal size, and as was mentioned by another poster, don't have a central pillar.

Perhaps it's "American" because it's a style that came from the USA, whereas the typical stacked design is more universal?

GhostZ > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/26/2014 at 11:05

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Bingo. the idea is that you can lay large dishes out flat inside the fridge flat.

Slave2anMG > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 11:32

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It's English...the same language that has us driving on the parkway and parking on the driveway...

Kanaric > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 11:32

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lol i guess i have an american kitchen and an american fridge then

Busslayer > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 11:32

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What about French fries? What do you call those?

BATC42 > Busslayer 10/26/2014 at 11:34

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We don't use a specific name. They're just fries, or Frites in French. It's like Belgian waffles, for us they are just waffles.

Aaron James > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 11:48

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I've never heard anyone in America call that a French door fridge. They are most commonly called "side by side".

TheElephant > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 12:06

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IS THERE A TV IN THAT FRIDGE?

wiffleballtony > BATC42 10/26/2014 at 13:32

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*Freedom Fridge

BATC42 > wiffleballtony 10/26/2014 at 13:36

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I think that just for this comment you deserved to be outgreyed on Oppo !