How do you pronounce "Reese's"?

[FlightlessDuck]

In the podcast last week, Julie pronounced "Reese's" (as in Reese's Pieces & Peanut Butter Cups) as "Rees-EASE". Then, in the next week or so, I ran in to two other people who also pronounce it this way. I never this this before this week

I've always pronounced it "Rees-iz", as in belonging to a man named Reese.

How do you pronounce it?

 

[CathrynRose]

Reese-iz.

How do you prounounce The Dis? The DiZ or the DiS. Me? DiZ.

 

[mrsxsparrow]

Harry Burnett Reese invented them so they do, actually, belong to Reese!

 

[bethbuchall]

I have heard both pronunciations.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Harry Burnett Reese invented them so they do, actually, belong to Reese!

Didn't know his full name, but I did know this. Apparently Mr. Reese was a foreman for Milton Hershey, and started his own candy company, which was bought by Hershey in the 60's.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

How do you prounounce The Dis? The DiZ or the DiS. Me? DiZ.

The Diz.

 

[Lovely2CU]

Other - I''d pronounce it Reece-Is.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Other - I''d pronounce it Reece-Is.

I think that's what I meant by the first choice, unless you mean Reece-eyes?

 

[princesspiglet]

I live in Hershey and work for Hershey Foods. It is pronounced Reese's as in Rees-is. To the chagrin of our company president, we still have a lot of employees that pronounce it the other way.

 

[KristaTX]

"Rees-EASE" rhymes with "feces" . My nephew and I had both noticed these two pronunciations independently of each other, which we discovered during one of those lively laugh-til-you-cry discussions as we all sat around eating candy at a family gathering. Now that odd pronunciation is kind of a running joke in our family .

 

[FlightlessDuck]

"Rees-EASE" rhymes with "feces" .

One of the people I was talking too about this said it was pronounced it "Reese-EASE" because it rhymed with "Piece-EASE"

 

[Mrs. Charming]

One of the people I was talking too about this said it was pronounced it "Reese-EASE" because it rhymed with "Piece-EASE"

That's just a whole lot of mispronunciation!

 

[nmmom95]

Okay, I'm weird, because I say it both ways.
Rees-eez cups and rees-is pieces

 

[Sonnyeclipse]

I live in Hershey and work for Hershey Foods. It is pronounced Reese's as in Rees-is. To the chagrin of our company president, we still have a lot of employees that pronounce it the other way.

Hey, I work for Hershey too....

Yes, definitely pronounced Rees-is

 

[Imzadi]

I live in Hershey and work for Hershey Foods. It is pronounced Reese's as in Rees-is.

I pronounce it the way it is pronounced on their commercials: Rees-is. I would assume that is how the COMPANY named it and wants it pronounced.

THE COMMERCIALS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HemmX3IoHe8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWMM7HPeTHQ

 

[princesspiglet]

Hey, I work for Hershey too....

Yes, definitely pronounced Rees-is

Where do you work at? I work at the corporate office up on the hill. I also work part-time at Chocolate World when needed.

 

[SaraJayne]

Funny I would run across this thread as I'm eating leftover Reese's PB cups from Halloween.

 

[Imzadi]

That's just a whole lot of mispronunciation!

Yes, that's like Prince Charles could never get Diana's name right. He always pronounced her name as Dianer. Charles, no wonder your marriage ended and Diana went batty on you all the time. It's bad enough to be sleeping with your first love, but get your wife's name right!

Then the French pronounce Paris as Pa-REE, not PAR-is. No wonder they are always rude to Americans. We can't pronounce their capital city's name right.

 

[dislaney]

Hey, I work for Hershey too....

Yes, definitely pronounced Rees-is

Lucky!

Rees-is

and

The Diz

 

[Imzadi]

One of the people I was talking too about this said it was pronounced it "Reese-EASE" because it rhymed with "Piece-EASE"

Reese's Pieces Commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvq_qo05z3w