Amira Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 How do you pronounce Reese's? Ree-sees (rhymes with feces (sorry)) Or Ree-ses (rhymes with pieces) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Ree-sees, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to pronounce it like that anymore after seeing the rhyme... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 We're not the only ones debating it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alanna-lynch/how-do-you-say-it-a-lingu_b_5870212.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Ree-ses because otherwise Reeses Pieces wouldn't make any sense. What do the commercials say? Edited October 31, 2016 by MEmama 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 It has the "uh" sound - the schwa. 'Cuz that is what a plural does after a "s" sound. :) That makes me definitively right, right? :D (Holding breath to be corrected.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 This commercial is stuck in my head now. Ah, sweet memories of too much TV in of childhood: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Oh no! Now I'll be thinking "feces pieces" all day! Believe it or not, I don't think I've ever thought of that. Or maybe I have and I forgot. That's the nice thing about being forgetful - I get to experience something new, over and over again! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I've never heard it pronounced any way except the way it's written. They are pieces which belong to someone by the name of Reese. Reese's Pieces. It rhymes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Reeses with pieces, and the company when it named their peanut butter/chocolate candies chose the combo because of the rhyming scheme. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces. Reesees seems like someone is copying a little kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I'm actually sneaking pieces right now out of the bag of Reese's Pieces I bought for DH (newly diagnosed with Celiac and cranky about it - I made him a "piece" offering) and the back says, "orange color is a registered trademark". I guess no other candy can have an orange bag? Don't M&M peanut butters have an orange bag? Or do they mean the orange pieces? Sorry, random Reese's Pieces tangent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces. Although sometimes we get silly and say Reesees piecees. :tongue_smilie: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Pieces. Edited October 31, 2016 by Homeschool Mom in AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces the only reason I have even heard of them is through my Canadian DH. We don't have them here inAustralia that I am aware of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces. It drives me a little bonkers when people says "Reesies". Reese is a proper name with a possessive apostrophe and S. Think of Reese Witherspoon. You wouldn't say "that's Reesies' car." You'd say "that's Reese's car." Same with the candy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEK Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Rhymes with pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Nm Edited October 31, 2016 by Kinsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 In Alaska I only hear it as rhyming with feces! Half of the people here grew up elsewhere, so I'm not sure why it is so universal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASHomeschooler Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Reesee's for the cups, something in between for the pieces, which I then end up doing to "pieces", too (kind of like reese-uhs piece-uhs) ETA: Obviously this is incorrect, and it would seem Reese-es (for both) is probably correct, but I never really thought about it, and I've also never noticed anyone pronouncing it differently for the cups. I have noticed differences in pronunciation for the pieces, but I chalked that up the difficulty created by the near-rhyme Edited November 1, 2016 by MASHomeschooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 My DS calls them 'recess', which is particularly funny since he doesn't even know what 'recess' is! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Other...both ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) I say it both ways. Edited November 1, 2016 by Janeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I rhyme it with pieces but most people in my area rhyme it with feces. I couldn't figure out what in the world people were referring to when I moved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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