How do you pronounce "Reese's"?

[marciemi]

Reese-iz.

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

Well, I was evidently wrong by majority opinion on Rees-EEZ and I guess I'm wrong here too. I've always said The D.I.S. Been here almost 11 year and still do - each letter said separately. Sorry - guess I've been here long enough to say it the way I want!

 

[redlight]

Rees-iz and dis.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

This is a Massachusetts thing

Funnily enough, this explanation came from someone I met in Amherst, MA who was a college student at UMass. The third person I heard say it this way was originally from Mississippi. And Julie is from Louisiana, if I remember correctly.

 

[Becky2005]

Or Illinois? No wonder why people say English is the hardest language to learn! There are so many exceptions to things.

Oh, you just HAD to go throw Illinois into this disucssion didn't you? It wouldn't be so bad except when I hear someone actually representing the state mispronounce it. YIKES. I can give others a pass but if you actually live here (or are promoting it somehow), you should know that "s" doesn't get spoken.

I did have to laugh at the English language, one of my son's has a reading disability and wouldn't you know it every single time he would get a "rule" down, he would see a word, read it how the rule said to & then we had to go tell him even though he did exactly as the rule said to do, it was not correct because that was an exception to the rule word. I'm surprised he didn't start throwing the books in frustration at some point.

This thread I really had to think about it because I know someone who's child is named Reece (I think that's the spelling) & they don't pronounce it the same way as the candy -- or I didn't think so until reading this thread, apparently some do pronounce the candy the same way as her name. Who knew!

 

[kimmar067]

I have heard both pronunciations.

....love, love, LOVE yer siggie pic!

 

[kimmar067]

Well, I was evidently wrong by majority opinion on Rees-EEZ and I guess I'm wrong here too. I've always said The D.I.S. Been here almost 11 year and still do - each letter said separately. Sorry - guess I've been here long enough to say it the way I want!

...are you sure scotlass didn't tell you to say it that way???!?!

 

[Christine]

Well, I was evidently wrong by majority opinion on Rees-EEZ and I guess I'm wrong here too. I've always said The D.I.S. Been here almost 11 year and still do - each letter said separately. Sorry - guess I've been here long enough to say it the way I want!

You are not alone.

 

[EMom]

I say it more like "Reese-is", so Reese's Pieces rhymes when I say it. That's how a friend who works for Hershey says it, and how I've heard it pronounced on the commercials. I hate hearing "Reese-eez" - unless the guy's name was pronounced "Reesee", that pronunciation makes no sense.

It's just that simple. Reese's rhymes with pieces. If you pronounce "pieces" like pees-eaze, you've got a whole other problem.

BTW, I say Mos-coh with a long O and not Mos-cow. I never once heard a Russian say it with "cow." We call them Mus-coh (long O)-vites and not Mos-cow-vites, so it only makes sense to me. As for how we got "Moscow" out of Moskva, remember that's not a Cyrillic spelling. That's how it has been translated into our alphabet. They apparently have a vowel sound between the "kK" and the "v" that is imperceptible to non-Russian speakers. To exaggerate it, the word would be more like Moskova. Once you look at it with the vowel that THEY hear, Moscow makes sense.....remember our "w" is a "v" to them. But again, there's not a cow anywhere in that pronounciation. I know it is the most commonly used one in the US, but I just can't bring myself to use it.

While we were in Russia, they said my very non-Russian name with ease, but had a horrible time with DH's. There was a sound in it that was not in their language and they usually would up laughing at themselves as they attempted to pronounce it. It's not even a difficult name in English, but it was a tongue-twister for them.

 

[design_mom]

o me. As for how we got "Moscow" out of Moskva, remember that's not a Cyrillic spelling. That's how it has been translated into our alphabet. They apparently have a vowel sound between the "kK" and the "v" that is imperceptible to non-Russian speakers. To exaggerate it, the word would be more like Moskova. Once you look at it with the vowel that THEY hear, Moscow makes sense.....remember our "w" is a "v" to them. But again, there's not a cow anywhere in that pronounciation. I know it is the most commonly used one in the US, but I just can't bring myself to use it..

I don't think there's a hidden vowel. In Cyrillic, Moscow is Москва.
M = M
O = aw
C = s
K = k
B = v
a = ah

 

[TinklednPants]

So far 30.37% of respondents are WRONG!

 

[pooh4evr]

Rees is here and the dis -- and i live in Missoureeeeee not missouruh

 

[mill4023]

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

What the heck are Piece-EASE?
I've never in my life heard anyone say "I'm going to cut two piece-EASE of pie".

 

[marcyinPA]

This is a Massachusetts thing, I feel like! Where I went to college, there were a bunch of MA kids, and they all pronounced it "REESE-EES PEECES."

My response? There is no such thing as a PEECE!!

Well, that explains things! I lived in NH until I was 11 years old....ate lots of Reese-eaze then! New Englander's have a very unique accent...some of us lose it all when we move, some don't lose any of it!

My father has lived in PA for over 30 years and still says "idear", as in "I have an idear! Let's go to the movies!" He also calls gas "GAZ". It drives my kids crazy! "I need to stop for GAZ..."