Who is Sherbert? Is he Herbert's brother or something?

Behodar:

 

Who is Sherbert? Is he Herbert's brother or something?

 

{Sherbert Fizz display picture}

Sherbert (sometimes "sherbet") seems to be two completely different things on the opposite sides of the Atlantic.

On the UK side, it's powder that makes a 'fizzy' taste sensation when the ingredients react with the saliva in your mouth.
"The 'fizzing sensation' of sherbet is formed by an acid-base chemical reaction between citric acid and baking soda (which is a base), in the presence of a liquid (which in this case, is your saliva), causing tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide (CO2) that tickle your tongue."
https://gosciencekids.com/index.html%3Fp=748.html

On the USAian side of the pond, it seems to be an ice-cream-like frozen dessert - Websters American dictionary says "Sherbet, pronounced "SHER-but," is the usual word for the frozen sweet dessert made from fruit or fruit juices. Sherbert, with an additional r in the second syllable and pronounced "SHER-bert," is less commonly used." and goes on to observe "In Britain, sherbet is a sweet powder used to make a drink bubbly or eaten by itself."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sherbet-vs-sherbert

PolicyGuy:

 

Sherbert (sometimes "sherbet")

As far as I'm aware, "sherbert" is always wrong (at least outside the US; who knows what they do over there). My spellchecker rejects it, and the OED explicitly calls it out as a misspelling.

Behodar:

 

PolicyGuy:

 

Sherbert (sometimes "sherbet")

 

As far as I'm aware, "sherbert" is always wrong (at least outside the US; who knows what they do over there). My spellchecker rejects it, and the OED explicitly calls it out as a misspelling.

 

Not sure about ‘always’: Wikipedia   says “Sherbet, often referred to as sherbert, is …”

PolicyGuy:

Behodar:

Who is Sherbert? Is he Herbert's brother or something?

{Sherbert Fizz display picture}

Sherbert (sometimes "sherbet") seems to be two completely different things on the opposite sides of the Atlantic.

On the UK side, it's powder that makes a 'fizzy' taste sensation when the ingredients react with the saliva in your mouth.
"The 'fizzing sensation' of sherbet is formed by an acid-base chemical reaction between citric acid and baking soda (which is a base), in the presence of a liquid (which in this case, is your saliva), causing tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide (CO2) that tickle your tongue."
https://gosciencekids.com/index.html%3Fp=748.html

On the USAian side of the pond, it seems to be an ice-cream-like frozen dessert - Websters American dictionary says "Sherbet, pronounced "SHER-but," is the usual word for the frozen sweet dessert made from fruit or fruit juices. Sherbert, with an additional r in the second syllable and pronounced "SHER-bert," is less commonly used." and goes on to observe "In Britain, sherbet is a sweet powder used to make a drink bubbly or eaten by itself."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sherbet-vs-sherbert

Oh dear, I do seem to have stirred up a bit of debate here :)

 

Sherbert (sometimes "sherbet") seems to be two completely different things on the opposite sides of the Atlantic.

 

 

 

On the UK side, it's powder that makes a 'fizzy' taste sensation when the ingredients react with the saliva in your mouth.
"The 'fizzing sensation' of sherbet is formed by an acid-base chemical reaction between citric acid and baking soda (which is a base), in the presence of a liquid (which in this case, is your saliva), causing tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide (CO2) that tickle your tongue."
https://gosciencekids.com/index.html%3Fp=748.html

 

 

 

On the USAian side of the pond, it seems to be an ice-cream-like frozen dessert - Websters American dictionary says "Sherbet, pronounced "SHER-but," is the usual word for the frozen sweet dessert made from fruit or fruit juices. Sherbert, with an additional r in the second syllable and pronounced "SHER-bert," is less commonly used." and goes on to observe "In Britain, sherbet is a sweet powder used to make a drink bubbly or eaten by itself."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sherbet-vs-sherbert

 

In UK night clubs it’s something different again and generally ingested nasally.

And it's different again in Australia:

Bung: Bolts of any material even faulty titanium would have prevented the 737 Max door issue if they'd been fitted. It's a quality problem but a separate issue.

So far it looks like half-baked attempts to blame Boeing's woes on DEI haven't washed. Maybe scapegoating does have diminishing returns.

• How to Fix Boeing, By an Industry Expert (Hint: It's Not About D.E.I.)
• Ignore The Provocateurs: DEI Is Good For Business And Good For America

Bung: Bolts of any material even faulty titanium would have prevented the 737 Max door issue if they'd been fitted. It's a quality problem but a separate issue.

You put a lot of trust in a lot of people when you get on an airplane.

networkn:

 

Bung: Bolts of any material even faulty titanium would have prevented the 737 Max door issue if they'd been fitted. It's a quality problem but a separate issue.

 

 

 

You put a lot of trust in a lot of people when you get on an airplane.

 

Correct, however with the checks and balances that standard aviation practices demand for the installation of such items it should never be possible for this type of thing to happen. One person will do the job and another will check/inspect it was done and and one or most likely both people will sign to say they have done their job.

That this happened shows an extreme level of non compliance.

Technofreak:

 

Correct, however with the checks and balances that standard aviation practices demand for the installation of such items it should never be possible for this type of thing to happen. One person will do the job and another will check/inspect it was done and and one or most likely both people will sign to say they have done their job.

 

That this happened shows an extreme level of non compliance.

 

it was a thing many decades ago when parts brokers where found to supply fake parts including fake paperwork. even air force one was found to have fake parts in it. there was a huge clamp down on it, no doubt its very tightly controlled these days.

tweake:

 

Technofreak:

 

Correct, however with the checks and balances that standard aviation practices demand for the installation of such items it should never be possible for this type of thing to happen. One person will do the job and another will check/inspect it was done and and one or most likely both people will sign to say they have done their job.

 

That this happened shows an extreme level of non compliance.

 

 

it was a thing many decades ago when parts brokers where found to supply fake parts including fake paperwork. even air force one was found to have fake parts in it. there was a huge clamp down on it, no doubt its very tightly controlled these days.

 

We're not talking fake parts here, just people not doing their job correctly. 

It's always been tightly controlled as far as parts tracability goes. Fraud is another thing.