Things people say wrong...a lot.

[TheAmazingSpidey]

I've noticed several people say the name of Reese's peanut butter cups wrong. As far as I know, it only has the ONE way to say it. It's not like the word 'route,' or 'tomato' where you can say it two ways. And yet, I hear people pronounce Reese's as 'Ree-sees.' It's pronounced the way it looks on the package.

WHY do people pronounce it this way? What in the world makes them look at the word REESE'S and pronounce it as REE-SEES?!!

When I hear the word "REE-SEES" in person it irks me in a way that the mispronounciation of a candy shouldn't, but it does. That word is just too annoying.

And then you have REESE'S PIECES. Again, pronounced as read. But one person I know is adamant about saying it as REE-SEES PEE-SEES. Ree-sees Pee-sees! Why pronounce 'pieces' as 'pee-sees'?

Um...that turned into a strangely cathartic rant.

Your turn! What is something you hear that's not said the way it should be? (Your name, a character's name, a location's name, etc...)

 

[Scurvy]

I thought I was the only person irritated by "Ree-sees"! It irks me - I'm glad I am not the only one. (And I also know someone who says "Ree-sees Pee-sees', though I think they mostly do it because it irritates me.)

A couple of other mispronunciations that bug me are "Nu-cu-lar" for nuclear and "Re-la-tor" for realtor. Those drive me crazy! I don't know why they bother me so much. I'm sure I mispronounce lots of things, and most other mispronunciations don't really bother me, but those really do.

 

[Mickey'sApprentice]

This may just be Southern, but....

I can't stand to hear people say ath-a-lete.

I have a friend that calls alzheimer's... old timers disease. For some reason, I can't bring myself to correct her on it.

 

[tonilea]

My MIL calls her incontinence pads - Poseys, instead of Poise. Drives me bonkers.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I've noticed several people say the name of Reese's peanut butter cups wrong. As far as I know, it only has the ONE way to say it. It's not like the word 'route,' or 'tomato' where you can say it two ways. And yet, I hear people pronounce Reese's as 'Ree-sees.' It's pronounced the way it looks on the package.

WHY do people pronounce it this way? What in the world makes them look at the word REESE'S and pronounce it as REE-SEES?!!

When I hear the word "REE-SEES" in person it irks me in a way that the mispronounciation of a candy shouldn't, but it does. That word is just too annoying.

And then you have REESE'S PIECES. Again, pronounced as read. But one person I know is adamant about saying it as REE-SEES PEE-SEES. Ree-sees Pee-sees! Why pronounce 'pieces' as 'pee-sees'?

Um...that turned into a strangely cathartic rant.

Your turn! What is something you hear that's not said the way it should be? (Your name, a character's name, a location's name, etc...)

IN actuality using he rules of syllabication, Reese looks like a two syllable word that would be divided after the second e which is a double vowel and would long and se in the second syllable is an open syllable(vowel not closed in by a consonant like the word "me") thus making the e long. So if people mispronounce it they are just dividing it according to the rules of syllabication that they most likely generalized when they learned to read. People who pronouce it as RESE are interpreting it as a vowel consonant e pattern and make the first e long because of the final e at the end. As for the word piece that is an exception to the rule and the ie is actually a vowel digraph.


It is not the common pronounciation but it is understandable. AS far as Reese's Pieces I think they are just forcing a rhyming pattern where none exists.

While this might be more than you wanted to know it does answer the question why some people do not use the common pronounciation.

 

[bumbershoot]

IN actuality using he rules of syllabication, Reese looks like a two syllable word that would be divided after the second e which is a double vowel and would long and se in the second syllable is an open syllable(vowel not closed in by a consonant like the word "me") thus making the e long. So if people mispronounce it they are just dividing it according to the rules of syllabication that they most likely generalized when they learned to read. People who pronouce it as RESE are interpreting it as a vowel consonant e pattern and make the first e long because of the final e at the end. As for the word piece that is an exception to the rule and the ie is actually a vowel digraph.


It is not the common pronounciation but it is understandable. AS far as Reese's Pieces I think they are just forcing a rhyming pattern where none exists.

While this might be more than you wanted to know it does answer the question why some people do not use the common pronounciation.

That whole first paragraph...I don't understand at all. I can't figure out what you're thinking it's going to sound like. Oh well.

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.



OP, I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that, but if I did, I'd just figure that it sounded fun to the person's ears, and/or was fun to roll off the tongue, and/or was something that someone in their family called it (as a child, etc) and they are just continuing it. I'd think it was cute.


And since DS calls many Disney rides by things that aren't their names, even though he knows the names (Star Wars Ride, for instance), I don't mind people calling things at disney by wrong names...and can't think of anything else right now. But it's late, I'm sure there's something out there.

 

[Christine]

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.

 

[Sammy]

Woman at work who always talks about her dog's "arth-ur-ritis" (arthritis) in his hips. Makes me crazy.

 

[Disney Ella]

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.

I remember that too. I don't know why they changed the pronunciation, but it was definitely pronounced differently when I was a child.

One thing I notice on the DIS that I haven't heard anyone say IRL is "strick" instead of "strict." I don't know if it's just a typo or they really think the word is "strick."

 

[KristaTX]

When I hear the word "REE-SEES" in person it irks me in a way that the mispronounciation of a candy shouldn't, but it does. That word is just too annoying.

I hear ya. I had this conversation with my family over at my mom's a couple of years ago. I'm not even sure what brought it up; maybe we were eating some. Anyway, I said it sounds too similar to "feces" when people say "ree-sees" .

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" .

 

[pumpkinfish]

I have a confession....

I add a "t" to the word "across". I didn't even know I did this until a coworker called me out.

So sorry .

 

[dhcoffey]

This may just be Southern, but....

I can't stand to hear people say ath-a-lete.

I have a friend that calls alzheimer's... old timers disease. For some reason, I can't bring myself to correct her on it.

On the old timer's disease, I know a lot of people that say that instead of alzheimer's. Maybe they're trying to be funny ?

Heather

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I could care less. Tomato, ta-mah-to....really don't care. And yes I say REE-SEEs. I also say HOR-SKIS for horses.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Nuclear and jewelry. Or, more commonly, nuke-you-ler and joo-ler-ee.

 

[CruiserMom]

"asterick" - no, it's asteriSk.
"Wallmark" - no, it's WalmarT (DH does this and it drives me crazy)
"potater" - no, it's potatO
"Sundee" - no, it's SunDAY

 

[Jennasis]

Many people refer to my riding ring as a "rink". Bonkers I tells ya!

 

[ckay87]

Nuclear and jewelry. Or, more commonly, nuke-you-ler and joo-ler-ee.

I cringe anytime someone says nuke-you-ler, but when one of our presidents said it that way (who will remain nameless, so I don't get points ) my head would almost explode.

 

[Minnie_me]

My mom calls Wal*Mart "The WalMart's" like WalMart is the name of the family who owns the store.

 

[Kim&Chris]

Ah, I've stumbled on to one of my favorite topics

I have someone in my family that says 'birfday' instead of birthday.

She celebrates the 'forf' of July instead of the 4th of July.

At Christmas, she hangs a 'reef' on her door instead of a wreath.

People who cannot hear are 'death' instead of deaf.

It makes me want to SCREAM!

ETA: My own father, no matter how many times he's corrected, calls a gelati (Italian dessert) a jilopy.

 

[lecach]

When I worked in a bridal shop so many customers would call the little boy who carried the ring "ring barrier". AH!!! Drove me crazy. It's ring bearer.

Don't even get me started on how they pronounced cumberbund.

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.

My grandma has trouble prounouncing a lot of stuff but we don't really correct her. Korea is Kor-rear. Aunt Karen is Aunt Kay-ren.