Sherbert or Sherbet? It Turns Out, America Is Divided

Food & Wine ^ | July 17, 2025 | Stacey Leasca

[Sacajaweau]

I’m of the ....”ya know what I mean’.....group

[Jolla]

wife says carmel, I say caramel

[Night Hides Not]

I’m one of those who asks “who gives a bleep?”

[ConservativeMind]

I grew up calling it what my parents did, “sherbert,” but it was clearly spelled “sherbet.”

I also didn’t understand why my mom said “warsh” for “wash,” but I don’t recall pronouncing that wrong.

[Sirius Lee]

Schubert. Accept no substitutes.

[Jamestown1630]

I always thought that ‘sorbet’ was more icy and less creamy, and used as a ‘palate cleanser’ in a formal dinner.

[PGR88]

nuclear or newklwer

[BipolarBob]

I think we need another civil war.

[pa_dweller]

nuclear or newklwer
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Or ‘nucular’. Ugh.

[FamiliarFace]

Was she from Illinois? My third grade teacher pronounced it like that, too, and she was originally from Illinois. Drove me nuts when she talked about George Warshington.

[Jim W N]

Language tends to migrate towards lazy pronunciation followed by spelling changes to accommodate the lazier pronunciation.

I think it was originally “sherbet” which has partially migrated to “sherbert”.

[chajin]

Schubert.

[sonova]

Ketchup? Catsup?

[Dr. Sivana]

Sherbet. The “r” is implied.

Normal people also say Fudgicle, not Fudge-sicle, regardless of what the company maintains.

[Sirius Lee]

Thank you

[tumblindice]

On a picnic a Scot named McFee
Was stung in the balls by a bee.
He made oodles of money
By oozing pure honey
Each time he attempted to pee.

[joshua c]

my family says warsh

i notice that the english say warsh also

[joshua c]

i would go to war to fight for the right to say it however i want to

its on!

[HYPOCRACY]

I thought that crap was extinct.

The correct pronunciation is “WTF is this sh1t, go get me some ice cream”.