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[Ray Wonder]

Someone just asked me a bit ago if I wanted a Reese's cup, and when they asked, they pronounced it as "Reese is". It caught me off guard because I've always said and heard "Reeseas".. I didn't ask him, or say anything about it because that's fuckin weird IRL, so here I am asking yinz.

I understand that the correct pronunciation should technically, maybe, be "Reese is" because Reese being a name and 's because the possessive form of it, but also, it's a brand.

 

[Kor of Memory]

I've always said "Reese is"

My wife says "Reeseas" if she's trying to be cute, but that's about it.

 

[RareFantasy64]

Reese is. And now I'm in the mood to go get some

 

[Wiz]

Ree-seas

 

[Cptkrush]

Well it's Reese, and they're his cups. By that logic, it is Reese's or Reese ehs

 

[GhaleonEB]

Reese's, pronounced Reesees.

 

[Lizard with a ladder]

I've always pronounced it Reese is

 

[vypek]

Reese is

 

[HvySky]

Reese is

 

[Doominated]

Pretty sure every commercial ever has pronounced it as Reese-is

 

[ChazAshley]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

 

[CHC]

Resus

Spoiler

Christ

 

[Forearms]

+1 for "Reese Is"

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Dringus

 

[sixteen-bit]

The latter.

 

[marzlapin]

"Reeseas" is weird and nonsensical

 

[Iksenpets]

Reese is. They're Mr. Reese's Delicious Candy Cups. Reesees is just something you say when you can't quite work your mouth around that.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

recess pieces (l kept thinking it was tied to lunch time in grade school) =)

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Reese is
They are cups that belong to Reese. That are Reese's Cups. How would the second E sound even come in to it?

 

[Jon Carter]

Ree-seas.

 

[TangerineCloud]

"Reese is". That's how everyone pronounced it on the old Reese's Puffs cereal commercials. Canon.

 

[MindofKB]

It's pronounced "Reese-is" and that's how I have always said it as well.

 

[Nafai1123]

It's Reese-is

Proof: Reese-is Pieces

 

[Aaron Strife]

Reese-is

Reeseas is dumb and I judge people for pronouncing it that way. I'm sorry but it's true.

Do you call them reeseas peesees too? Would you pronounce "pieces" as "peesees" in any other context? Come on, they're practically giving it to you.

Spoiler

Before you answer, I know for a fact that everyone who says "reeseas" pronounces them "peeseas"

 

[corn_fest]

As someone who grew up watching this, I've never had any doubt that "Reese Is" is the correct pronunciation.

I actually cringe a little when I hear it the other way. I wonder if it's a Pennsylvania thing? That's the only place I've heard it pronounced like that.

Edit:

Do you call them reeseas peesees too?

Oh god, people do actually do this and it drives me up the wall.

 

[Like the hat?]

Reese's

Ex girlfriend would call them Reesees. Even going as far as to say Reesees pieecees

 

[mullet2000]

What the fuck is a Reeseas

 

[Illusive_Juan]

Read it like a name.

ex:

Yo dawg, is that your peanut butter cup?

Nah, man. I think it belongs to Reese.

Oh shit, I almost ate it. I didn't realize it was Reese's.

 

[jaypah]

It sounds like a mix between the 2? Or I kind of think that I say both without rhyme or reason because both sound correct when I say them.

 

[Eye for an Eye]

Hahaha. This has been a long standing argument at my house between my bf and friend. She says it -is and he complains that's not how its said.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Reeseas Puffs, Reeseas Puffs! Peanut Butter Chocolate Flavor!

 

[Tabasco]

It's definitely Reese is.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Wait, how the heck are people getting Reeseas? It's a fucking name with an apostrophe.

 

[theaface]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Indeed. No room for debate here really.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Recess.

 

[dsp]

What the fuck is a Reeseas

It's downright Un-American.

 

[thelatestmodel]

My brain hurts. I literally cannot understand how anyone can think it's "Ree-seas"?

Reese apostrophe S. It's a thing belonging to Reese.

 

[Oblong Schlong]

No offence, but those who say Reeseas are actual idiot bad people.

Also, yes offence.

************

Reese > Reese's.

It doesn't rhyme with faeces.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Reece is, because it rhymes with "pieces".

 

[gatling]

Reeseas is for people who pronounce "R"s with two syllables and shop at Wally Worl.

 

[Dishwalla]

People who say "Reeseas" are monsters and should not be listened to or given the time of day.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Hahaha. This has been a long standing argument at my house between my bf and friend. She says it -is and he complains that's not how its said.

Your boyfriend is wrong. You need to leave him for someone better. Someone who can pronounce Reese's correctly.

 

[Onaco]

Reese's

Ex girlfriend would call them Reesees. Even going as far as to say Reesees pieecees

I see why she's an ex now.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Having not grown up with it, why on earth would it be Reeseas?

 

[Sunster]

Wait, how the heck are people getting Reeseas? It's a fucking name with an apostrophe.

.

 

[Voror]

At my old job in fast food, I heard Reeseas all the damn time. It's such a small thing, but it drove me up the wall.

I think it came from people saying Reeseas Pieceas as some sort of joke and just took off from there.

 

[snacknuts]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Yes. "Ree-seas" is objectively wrong.

 

[Danis Saur]

REESE (like Reese Witherspoon)
ES (Spanish for Is)

Reese-es.

 

[Piggus]

Reese-is.

I don't get how people manage to pronounce something like that incorrectly when it's often pronounced in commercials, etc.

 

[d00d3n]

None of the above, it is pronounced REEESEE'S