The people calling it DB9 have been doing it for 40 years, so we won't change now. The new generations have almost no contact with that port so will call it like the elders call it.
LOL. Just referencing that there is the right way "Sherbet"and the way that most people will continue to say it "Sherbert". Even in the face of incontrovertible proof to the contrary.
The reference is completely over my head though…