Just a quick sorbet tale. But it's not frozen yogurt.

[RetailWorkhorse]

I must admit I don't like sorbet and was going off a cooks instinct. I'm sorry!

How can you not like sorbet?!?!?!!?!? BAD Sister-chan! BAD GIRL!

Meh, more for me, then.

[Lioness Blackfire]

Hey! No asking questions you already know the answer to just to make the questionee look stupid! Waaaay back in grade school I knew a girl who'd do that. So very glad I do not know her anymore.

As much as I would prefer that people just stick with "sherbet," "sherbert" isn't technically wrong. It still sounds a bit uneducated to me. Better than "ekcetera" or "asterix" at least.

Uh... That's my regional accent, right there. (Unless they're all USA-wide?) I've never in my life heard a person pronounce sherbet anything other then "sherbert".

To that list, I'd add "warsh". As in "wash".
I don't mind so much when people say they're gonna "warsh" some clothes or "warsh" the dishes, but when they pronounce the guy on our money as "Warsh"ington, that's going too far!

[Eireann]

I've never in my life heard a person pronounce sherbet anything other then "sherbert".

Ah, then, you've never met me. Come to think of it, I think my mom also pronounces it - well - correctly. I used to emphasize it as a teenager to piss off my sister, who thought, despite the clearly printed evidence on the package, that it was pronounced as though it contained another "r". It didn't make any difference in her pronunciation, alas. But I've heard other people pronounce it correctly.

[Evil Queen]

I pronounce it "Sherbert" because that's how I was taught to say it.

I say "Warsh" too, but, it seems, only when I'm talking about washing clothes in the "Warshing Machine" Everything else is "wash" except for the dish washer, which is also a "Warshing Machine".

Mom says it's because I have an accent -- and, supposedly, a thick one at that. It only gets thicker (and more garbled) when I'm tired.

How can you not like sorbet?!?!?!!?!? BAD Sister-chan! BAD GIRL!

Gak!

[Sliceanddice]

i pronouse t sorbet (sore-bay) and Sherbert (sher-bert) and im all the over here lonely in arizona

[Andara Bledin]

The pronunciation is almost entirely regional. Sometimes it depends more on where your parents grew up than where you did. And it seems that "sherbert" is standard in Australia and New Zealand. At least according to the sources I looked up.

And, as I mentioned earlier, sherbet and sorbet are pretty much the same thing, and whether either has egg in it is up to the maker. They use the term sorbet when they want to charge more money than people are willing to pay for sherbet, it seems.

^-.-^

[Decker]

And, as I mentioned earlier, sherbet and sorbet are pretty much the same thing, and whether either has egg in it is up to the maker. They use the term sorbet when they want to charge more money than people are willing to pay for sherbet, it seems.

^-.-^

This really doesn't seem to be true in my experience. Whenever I get sorbet, It's almost always a lot thicker, fruiter and stronger than sherbet, and a lot of times it has pieces of fruit in it.

Edit: according to Wikipedia "Sorbet is often confused with Water Ice, Italian ice, and Sherbet. The FDA does not have a classification for sorbet as it is a synonym for sherbet."

I admit defeat.

[Andara Bledin]

I admit defeat.

There, there. *pats Decker on the back*

I usually make a habit of consulting several references before coming to a decision on stuff like this. There are several places that note differences in sherbet and sorbet, but for the most part, it's the same stuff that took slightly different routes in the etymological journey.

Although, a lot of times you will find that sorbet is richer and more expensive than sherbet. Generally speaking, people call the expensive stuff sorbet as a marketing decision. The cheaper stuff is almost always just called sherbet. I don't care what it's called, so long as it tastes good to me.

^-.-^

[Sliceanddice]

i concider sorbet can only be homemade and sherbet you buy from the store lol