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.
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.
my family says warsh
i notice that the english say warsh also
“”””I also didn’t understand why my mom said “warsh” for “wash,”””””
Warsh is common as is “ongions” for onions
Or “arl” for “oil.”
My parents were both from Pa., and they also made the same pronunciation of wash as warsh.
As a military brat, it used to amuse me the different dialect of the same language that existed in different parts of the nation.
Though I never set foot in New England, their pronunciation of car as caaaaa always made me laugh when I would hear it.
People would laugh at me for calling our first President as George Warshington. 😁👍