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In my two years of living in Britain, I noticed that they Anglicized several words where the US being more of a melting pot would incorporate some aspect of the original language's pronunciation when adopting foreign words into the lexicon. This ET ending is one of them. In Britain a "fillet" is pronounced phonetically, the final T is pronounced. The same in the word "valet." So I am wondering if in Britain the words sorbet and sherbet would be pronounced differently as well. But I can't say that I remember hearing those words spoken.
Perhaps in the foodie world the Brits have their own word for these desserts. Like aubergine for an eggplant and courgette for zucchini. And then there were definite pronunciation differences. Was making spaghetti at a friend's house and asked her if she had any oregano. She looked at me and said, "what?" "You, know the spice, oregano..." Finally the light came on and she said "oh, you mean or-eh-GAH-no!" So maybe sorbet and sherbet get their own British words and/or pronunciation.
I bring this up since there is some debate here on the British being the rule makers for pronunciation since it is after all their language.
The fact that they knew that the pronunciation could cause a problem and they were ready to disallow the answer in spite of potential controversy, and kept the clue in the game is the biggest mistake Jeopardy made.
Does anybody want to watch the reruns of the woman that ended everything she said with a weird sound that made it seem she was asking a question, to see if there were any instances where the judges gave her a pass? I know I don't.
The fact that they knew that the pronunciation could cause a problem and they were ready to disallow the answer in spite of potential controversy, and kept the clue in the game is the biggest mistake Jeopardy made.
Does anybody want to watch the reruns of the woman that ended everything she said with a weird sound that made it seem she was asking a question, to see if there were any instances where the judges gave her a pass? I know I don't.
Not a mistake. The answer was very clear in what was expected in the question. The last three letters being the same. Where I come from sorbet and sherbert do not end with the same letters. And yes, sherbert is a valid spelling and pronunciation. See my post a few up from here. #80
I remember that woman! Drove us nuts!!! I kept wondering if it was a regional dialect or she had some kind of problem that caused it. Still don't know.
It doesn't matter if everyone knew what you were talking about. The answer specifically states that the question contain two words with the last three letters being the same.
Sorbet and sherbert don't.
Why is this so difficult for people to understand? It's cut and dried.
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