I found this interesting article on MSN Encarta on the confusion between 'sherbet' and 'sherbert'
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=AnuSherbet>1=27004
which then linked over to Wordsmith.org, which thoughtfully provides a word-of-the-day with definition, etymology, and usage.
http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html
Very useful and amusing indeed.
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I've always stumbled upon pronouncing that word. I could spell it, but pronouncing it was always just so confusing! Hm I'm not sure if I've ever had sherbet before. I know I've had ice-cream and sorbet, but sherbet?
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