Things people say wrong...a lot.

[DisneyGalUK]

For the life of me, I can't figure out how you want 'from' to be pronounced. 'Frum' is all I've ever heard or said. How about a clue?

Its not how I want it to be pronounced, its just how its pronounced over here, like I said theres no right or wrong. We pronounce it as it looks - rhymes with prom.

I'm wondering about this too -- I can't imagine either of them being pronounced any other way

I used to think it was really funny when Brits called aluminum "alumini-um" and then I realized they spell it differently too.

Must just be a UK thing!

 

[sbell111]

... He also says kyoopon and nucular. It's a good thing I love him so much.

Kyoopon and koopon are both correct pronunciations.

 

[sallysmom]

It just kills me when people prounounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. It's a French word and the "s" is SILENT. NOT Ill-in-noise.

 

[JVL1018]

The Reese's thing I always thought was bizarre. I thought I was the only one who didn't like to hear them called REESEEs. I don't get it.
As for plural-I say I ate 2 peanut butter cups, I don't call them Reese's alone

The heightH thing really really really bugs me! No h!

I do say on line when I am standing in a line. I'm not going to stop, I like it-it's a regional thing.

 

[Kim&Chris]

Since I have trouble with "r" sounds and spent many years in speech class to help correct it, I would say your relative does not do this to be funny or anything else. Substituting "f" for "th" is a common speech issue. Listen to a small child learn to speak. Most start out doing the same thing but eventually
learn the correct way to pronounce it. For me if the letter is at the beginning of the word I am much more likely to pronounce it correctly. If it is anywhere else there is a possibility I will miss the "r" sound. I have to really work at it. SInce I have trouble pronouncing several words I am sure I would make you want to scream too.

Nope, there's no speech-related problem, believe me. It's just a bad habit that was never corrected.

 

[kaytieeldr]

...okay, sooooooo, this is WA-A-A-AY off-topic, but HOW [and WHY??!!?!?] did your son get bacon for Christmas????

I'm betting Bacon is a pet

 

[sorul82?]

My inlaws used to live in a town named after Oliver Wendell Holmes. The town name is Wendell. EVERYONE pronounces it Wen-dale (with a very southern accent). It should be pronounced like Wendle.

But, it's Wen-dale....always has been. and Zebulon is Ze-bu-lun.

I think the folks in Wendell actually pronounce it Win-dayul

 

[SamRoc]

My friend from Brooklyn and her 3 kids always tell me they are coming to visit me at the Jersey SHORES!! I keep telling her its just Jersey shore, its not plural, but after 10 years of trying i give up!!

 

[sorul82?]

As someone who lives in Hershey, PA (home to Reese's) and works at the Hershey Corporation, I can tell you with comeplete certainty that every single person that works here- or at least that I have come into contact with- pronounces it REE-SEES. Even our President does. It annoys us who LIVE and WORK for Hershey to hear people pronounce it any other way!!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Irregardless, they are tasty.

Ah, if only this thread was about misuse, not mispronunciation

Also, how is nuclear supposed to be pronounced? New-clear?

Pretty much. If you pronounce it that way, it'll come out right (I think - I'm talking to myself). I think it's really three syllables - new-clee-er... or, if you're from Boston, new-clee-ah )

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

OK...I'm really bad at figuring out phonetics, but here's what grates on me. I live in Missouri. In St. Louis we pronounce the state's name with using the S sound in the middle and an E sound at the end (Mi sur e). Unfortunately, the rest of the neanderthals in the state pronounce it with a Z sound in the middle and an uh sound at the end (Mi zzour a) ! When I hear my home state pronounced incorrectly, I tell the neanderthal that I guess that folks living in Mississippi must be living in Mississippa!

Now for the others....I seen (cringe)....I doesn't confused... and using can for may! Sorry, but they drive me bonkers!

K

 

[Hollytigs]

A lot of people here, including my DD, call them Reesies -- I think it might be a geographical thing in some cases.

For me, it's the incorrect expressions eg. "I could care less" -- when I see that one in the forums, I'm not sure what their meaning is until I re-read it.

OMG! I thought it was only me that was confused by that!

 

[tonilea]

My in laws say Eye-tal-yun. Ugh.

My aunt says that and they were stationed in Sicily for several years!

 

[sorul82?]

I tell the neanderthal that I guess that folks living in Mississippi must be living in Mississippa!

I think it's Me-si-see-pee

 

[moburg]

As someone who lives in Hershey, PA (home to Reese's) and works at the Hershey Corporation, I can tell you with comeplete certainty that every single person that works here- or at least that I have come into contact with- pronounces it REE-SEES. Even our President does. It annoys us who LIVE and WORK for Hershey to hear people pronounce it any other way!!

Wikipedia: "Harry Burnett (H.B.) Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of the H.B. Reese Candy Company. He was born in Frosty Hill, York County, Pennsylvania."

So, the question is, was H.B.'s last name pronounced Ree-see or Rees? As a family name, I guess it could be either. Looking at it, I would view the last 'E' as silent. Which would make REE SEES wrong.

Thus, 'Reesis' Pieces, so they rhyme, makes the most sense.

 

[kaytieeldr]

It just kills me when people prounounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. It's a French word and the "s" is SILENT. NOT Ill-in-noise.

Um, then shouldn't it be pronounced Ill-in-wah?

 

[Scurvy]

The second paragraph...I'm saying Reese's as though it is something that belongs to Reese (Witherspoon, for instance), and when I say it out loud, Reese's and Pieces rhyme.

According to the history on the Hershey's site, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup was developed by H. B. Reese. I would assume that they did intend for it to be pronounced as something that belongs to Reese.


As for the plural, I agree with JVL1018. They are Peanut Butter Cups. But really, that makes more sense to me, especially since there are lots of different candies in the Reese's line.

 

[MM27]

The one thing that confuses me is this: When you are speaking of more than one peanut butter cup, is it Reese'ses ? I say it that way . As in, "I ate two Reese'ses." But it just isn't right in writing. I guess " I ate two Reese's." But I'm still gonna say "Reese'ses" .

It would still be Reese's. If you ate two you would have eaten two Reese's peanut butter cups.

Those who cannot pronounce 'Ask' or 'Frustrate' don't get hired.

My vice principal says fustrate and it drives me crazy. Even worse than that, she says it in front of parents all the time. Whenever we have a meeting for kids that are being referred she will tell the parents how the child is really "fustrated" because the work is too difficult. I've had to hold back my giggles many times.

 

[Metsfan520]

As someone who lives in Hershey, PA (home to Reese's) and works at the Hershey Corporation, I can tell you with comeplete certainty that every single person that works here- or at least that I have come into contact with- pronounces it REE-SEES. Even our President does. It annoys us who LIVE and WORK for Hershey to hear people pronounce it any other way!!

I vaguely remember a Reese's commericial from probably way back in the 70s and, clearly, to me the company was singing "REE-SEEEEEEEE's Peanut Butter Cups." It could be that the company itself started out that type of pronunciation.

Christine, I remember it too. And there's the reason why we all say it that way--the company says it that way!

 

[sorul82?]

Um, then shouldn't it be pronounced Ill-in-wah?

You do have a point.....