# Kill off one flavor in Rainbow Sherbert

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650 "2022-07-27T13:47:53Z")
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### Author: ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650/21 "2022-08-03T06:36:51Z")

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> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Another vote to kill off the extraneous “R” in the word “sherbet.”

And put it back in FebRuary where it belongs. 😀

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### Author: ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650/22 "2022-08-03T15:54:00Z")

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So you leave out the “h” and the second “r.”

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### Author: ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650/23 "2022-08-03T16:02:12Z")

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I assume “sure-Bert” was meant.

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### Author: ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650/24 "2022-08-03T16:19:49Z")

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Yes sure-bert.

I rarely write the word and had always thought bert had the extra R. I know sherbet is a French spelling.

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### Author: ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-rainbow-sherbert/968650/25 "2022-08-03T16:23:09Z")

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