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Helpa name from a news article
Somebody who was quoted in an article about a fatal house fire in Ohio, a half-brother of one of the victims.
His name is Sherbet Small.
Sherbet.
Which an awful lot of people pronounce sherbert. Myself included till I grew up and trained myself out of it.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
His name is Sherbet Small.
Sherbet.
Which an awful lot of people pronounce sherbert. Myself included till I grew up and trained myself out of it.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
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Had a cat named that for fourteen years. But he was a cat so...
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Isn't sherbet a dessert? Who would name their kid after a dessert? It also sounds close to sorbet, which is also a dessert.
I looked up sherbet on Google and it's the name of at least four different types of dessert.
I looked up sherbet on Google and it's the name of at least four different types of dessert.
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 6:38 PM
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It's... not Sherbert?
I thought the dessert was genuinely called Sherbert, and every time I saw someone write / type it out as Sherbet I thought it was a spelling mistake.
It's really just Sherbet?
I thought the dessert was genuinely called Sherbert, and every time I saw someone write / type it out as Sherbet I thought it was a spelling mistake.
It's really just Sherbet?
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It's spelled Sherbet, it's pronounced Sherbert. And I don't know why, but I've never heard it pronounced without that other r.
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 3:04 PM
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I thought thats an incorrect pronounciation. I thought it was supposed to be pronounced to rhyme with rarebit.
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Like lingerie being pronounced, "lahn-zher-ay" instead of "lan-zher-ee." And don't get me started on lozenges. :0P
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 4:38 PM
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yes, just Sherbet
:)
:)
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It's technically an un-accepted alternate spelling for Sherbet due to the fact that so many people actually pronounce the word as sheRbeRt.
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It the person was female, Sherbet would be kind of the same-type name as Candy;goofy, but you could kind of see it.
But for a male,..just no!
I don't think I ever had the occasion to utter the word "Sherbet" until I grew up, and then, very rarely.
I grew up with a lot of people who pronounced "cousin" as "cousint".But my family didn't, so I didn't, either.
But for a male,..just no!
I don't think I ever had the occasion to utter the word "Sherbet" until I grew up, and then, very rarely.
I grew up with a lot of people who pronounced "cousin" as "cousint".But my family didn't, so I didn't, either.
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Well, if it were Sherbert I would be less confused. Sherbert is apparently a last name, which doesn't surprise me because I know someone with the last name Scherb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbert_v._Verner
http://forebears.io/surnames/sherbert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbert_v._Verner
http://forebears.io/surnames/sherbert
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Sherbet is bad. But SHARBAT is a real name. It's the name of that famous Afghan girl with the beautiful eyes, from the National Geographic cover. Her name is Sharbat Gula, "nectar of a flower".
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Hi !!!
Sherbet?
What is its origin?
My first thought was "Hebrew" but I don't know...
Interesting!
ETA oh lol!!!
I looked for it and I found It was the kind of ice-cream (Sorbetto in Italian).
Sorry sorry sorry
But the sound seems Hebrew, isn't it?
We...I'm studyindg Hebrew History and Literature right now so maybe I'm studying too much lol
Byeeeeeeeeee
Sherbet?
What is its origin?
My first thought was "Hebrew" but I don't know...
Interesting!
ETA oh lol!!!
I looked for it and I found It was the kind of ice-cream (Sorbetto in Italian).
Sorry sorry sorry
But the sound seems Hebrew, isn't it?
We...I'm studyindg Hebrew History and Literature right now so maybe I'm studying too much lol
Byeeeeeeeeee
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 8:36 AM
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it's a dessert ...
Like ice cream but less milk and more fruit. Orange, lime, raspberry and lemon are popular flavors.
Like ice cream but less milk and more fruit. Orange, lime, raspberry and lemon are popular flavors.
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hI !!!
oh yeah yeah!!!
After I wrote I looked for it on the Net because I didn't know this English word but yes! I eat it a lot of times! TT
Thank you!
Byeeeeeeeeeeee
oh yeah yeah!!!
After I wrote I looked for it on the Net because I didn't know this English word but yes! I eat it a lot of times! TT
Thank you!
Byeeeeeeeeeeee
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 8:39 AM
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In the UK we call it sorbet. Sherbet is a sweet.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(powder)
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Sherbet and Sorbet are different. At least in the U.S.
Sherbet contains milk, Sorbet does not.
How do I know? I grew up only eating sorbet, and was not allowed sherbet, as I have a milk allergy.
Sherbet contains milk, Sorbet does not.
How do I know? I grew up only eating sorbet, and was not allowed sherbet, as I have a milk allergy.
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Yeah, I think in the U.S., Sherbet is somewhere between ice cream and sorbet.
According to Wikipedia:
Sherbet, an American term for a frozen dessert like sorbet, but containing a small amount of milk fat.
According to Wikipedia:
Sherbet, an American term for a frozen dessert like sorbet, but containing a small amount of milk fat.
This message was edited 12/5/2016, 11:11 AM
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Yeah, it's called sorbet (sor-BAY) in Sweden too.
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I've barely eaten it myself. I've always thought of it as a poor substitute for ice cream.
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You haven't had a good one!
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I find "sherbet" instead of "sherbert" difficult to say and I've never really trained myself out of it.
Pretty awful as a name.
Pretty awful as a name.
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