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[Vandiger]

I pronounce it just like the commercials man. Reese is

 

[Anoregon]

If you have to pronounce a word wrong to justify how you pronounce another word (peace-eez) you already lost,

 

[Ray Wonder]

I was just driving through a place that was called North Huntington my whole life, until yesterday when I was going through it. The name changed to North Huntingdon. I don't know when they did it, but they're sneaky because it definitely had a T 3 days ago.

 

[Magnus]

REE-SIZ

Everyone's typing it out as an S, but you pronounce it with a hard S, like a Z sound. I'm not the only one, right?

Most possessive 's additions become a Z sound.

Never heard REE-SAS, lol.

 

[Hale-XF11]

People who say "peaseas" probably pronounce 'gif' as "jiff"

 

[kopitarrulez_11]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

I've heard it pronounced reeseas peeicees no lie

 

[Phobophile]

REECEE PEECEE

I heard a lot of that growing up.

 

[BLOODED_hands]

I was just driving through a place that was called North Huntington my whole life, until yesterday when I was going through it. The name changed to North Huntingdon. I don't know when they did it, but they're sneaky because it definitely had a T 3 days ago.

Ray Wonder is having malfunctions again, GAF. We need to secure him for a repair ASAP.

 

[NeonBlack]

How do you mispronounce something that has had multiple commercials for years?

 

[Kaizer]

How do you mispronounce something that has had multiple commercials for years?

Although I pronounce it as "Reese-is", in the Reese's Puffs commercial it definitely sounds like they're chanting "Reeseas Puffs, Reeseas Puffs, Peanut Butter Chocolate Flavaaaa!"

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

"of Reese"

 

[Nepenthe]

As said beforehand, it rhymes with "pieces." So it's "Reese is."

 

[Count Dookkake]

I can read, so the latter pronunciation.

 

[LiQuid!]

I once had a conversation about this very topic with a random black man in a gas station after the bars had closed for the night and we were both pretty drunk. He insisted that it was "Ree-seas" and I thought he was fucking with me because it's clearly "Reese-is"

I stand by this. If you think the name Reese, followed by an apostrophe S sounds like "seas" instead of "siz" you're a crazy person.

 

[tkscz]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Actually, I've always said Ree-see's Peace-is

 

[BriGuy]

There's been plenty of commercials spanning decades with the correct pronunciation. Calling it something other would be like pronouncing the word sword with the w.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I say both. Like how I say theatre two different ways.

 

[The Albatross]

I don't say Resseeeees

I say Recis
Like Resize if it didn't have an E at the end.

Like, if we're talking about the Gun owned by the guy from Terminator 1, it would be "Rease's gun"

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

I still know a fuck ton of people who say "Reeeeseeeees Peeeesseeeeees"

 

[Pepiope]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Yeah, but I've always said reeseas peeseas. Haha

People who say "peaseas" probably pronounce 'gif' as "jiff"

You mean, the right way?

 

[Aaron Strife]

There's been plenty of commercials spanning decades with the correct pronunciation. Calling it something other would be like pronouncing the word sword with the w.

 

[univariate]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Reasus Peacus

 

[bomma_man]

I normally say Reese is, but when it comes to Reese's Pieces. I say reeseas peeseas. It's easier to say when it rhymes.

This post

 

[Count Dookkake]

All jokes aside, this is an interesting question to aks.

 

[Big Blue]

Reese's, pronounced Reesees.

Incorrect

 

[sir_kevith]

REECEE PEECEE

I heard a lot of that growing up.

Sounds like something my dad would say. He always said "sodee pop". He grew up in Flint/Detroit.

 

[subrock]

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

👆🏼

 

[Hale-XF11]

Yeah, but I've always said reeseas peeseas. Haha

You mean, the right way?

How dare you.

 

[Feep]

Wasn't it supposed to rhyme with pieces?

Conclusive evidence

 

[Seda]

Reeseas Puffs, Reeseas Puffs! Peanut Butter Chocolate Flavor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq7HGPxVoUE

 

[TAJ]

Remember when Kyle Reesee came back in time to protect Sarah Connor? That was dope.

 

[con-ca-te-nate]

Racist peanut butter cups....

 

[Htown]

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

This. It's a possessive.

 

[Walter White Walker]

REE-SIZ

Everyone's typing it out as an S, but you pronounce it with a hard S, like a Z sound. I'm not the only one, right?

Most possessive 's additions become a Z sound.

Never heard REE-SAS, lol.

Same. Ree-siz is my pronunciation.

 

[Strike]

Like pieces.

 

[Hazmat]

There isn't any room for debate. It's the possessive of the name Reese, which rhymes with peace, geese, and any number of other words when they're pronounced correctly by people who can read.

 

[SDCowboy]

Do the people who pronounce it Reesees not see the ' apostrophe before the S? Pronouncing it Reesees, is flat wrong. Period.

There isn't any room for debate, it's the possessive of the name Reese, which rhymes with peace, geese, and any number of other words when they're pronounced correctly by people who can read.

This.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

I would rather eat Reeseas peeseas than a Reese is cup


Yes I'm the animal who changes the pronunciation based on the snack

EDIT: Reese-is is technically correct for both but my level of give a fuck about the naming conventions of small chocolate and peanut butter filled candies is remarkably low.

 

[dc3k]

There isn't any room for debate. It's the possessive of the name Reese, which rhymes with peace, geese, and any number of other words when they're pronounced correctly by people who can read.

This. lol at all of this "it's a regional thing". I guess not knowing how possessives work is a regional thing? Anyone calling it Reesees is objectively dumb and wrong.

 

[Korey]

... It's Reece-is

1) that's literally the point of the name "Reese's Pieces"... That it rhymes.

2) they have tons of commercials where you can hear how they pronounce it

3) why the fuck would it be Reeceas? That's not how English works... At all. You pronounce Reese as "Reasea"? How would you pronounce "Greece's" or "niece's"?


Trying to wrap my head around being startled by someone pronouncing it Reece-is.

 

[SDCowboy]

To me, people mispronouncing Reese's as "Reesees", is right up there with people pronouncing espresso as "expresso". It drive me up the wall. lol

 

[Regiruler]

I say reeseas, sorry OP

 

[Cyan]

who the fuck says reese-ass?

 

[Adam_Roman]

To me, people mispronouncing Reese's as "Reesees", is right up there with people pronouncing espresso as "expresso". It drive me up the wall. lol

What about Chipotle as Chip-ole-tee?

 

[Cepheus]

Reese-is. I didn't even know there was another way to pronounce it.

 

[ChrisD]

Reese-Ess

 

[NinjaMouse]

"Ree-see cups"

 

[Black Mamba]

I have never heard someone call it "reece-seas." WTF.

 

[ChrisD]

I know mine is totally wrong, but I said it so much as a kid that it stuck - didn't see the ' as a kid. But now that I've said Reeseas in my mind and out loud I have to question how that's a thing? Never heard someone say it like that. It's so weird.

 

[Auctopus]

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

.

 

[Glass Shark]

I say it how it's spelled and pronounced.