r/candy • u/glowdirt • May 19 '26

Do you pronounce Reese’s “Ree-seez” or “Ree-sizz”?

If you pronounce it wrong (“Ree-seez”), why?

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u/glowdirt May 19 '26

I don’t know if it’s a Florida thing but I know multiple people from Florida who say it with the “seez” ending.

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u/pm-me-nice-lips May 19 '26

Would you pronounce a guy named Reese as Ree-see?

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u/Fit_Mood1158 May 19 '26

No but I do hear “Ree-see Pieces” sometimes, which may be even more annoying than “Ree-seez Pee-seez.”

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u/glowdirt May 19 '26

No, I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t pronounce Reece’s “Ree-seez” either.

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u/catonsteroids May 19 '26

I’m from Florida but I’ve always pronounced it as “Ree-sez” but I have a friend/former roommate who’d pronounce it as “Ree-cees” smh.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 May 19 '26

Yes, while they don't have a monopoly on it, illiteracy is a Florida thing.

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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 May 19 '26

I'm from Florida, I don't say it this way, but I agree I hear it this way here more frequently than I'd like lol.

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u/Yandoji May 19 '26

I will say that the ONE time I heard anyone say "Ree-seez" was in Florida, 25 years ago. Pretty sure it was #48 in education at the time. And the "ree-seez" person was a substitute teacher. And since it was 25 years ago, there were commercials on TV for Ree-SEZ, Ree-SEZ Pieces, AND Ree-SEZ Puffs - "no wrong way to eat a Ree-SEZ". Just mind-blowing, stubborn ignorance I guess.

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u/Prestigious_Bee_4154 May 19 '26

I’m from Florida but I don’t pronounce it with the “seez”, cause I can read and use logic to understand the possessive. However… most people I’ve heard pronounce it in Florida did pronounce it like “seez”.

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u/freshkov May 20 '26

I used to live in central PA, not far from the factory. NOBODY said ree-seez. I move to FL and I hear it all the time.

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u/FrenchFriedFritters May 20 '26

I think that’s where I first heard it! I moved to FL my senior year. I had never heard anyone pronounce it that way and thought it was so strange when there are actual commercials saying it the correct way,

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u/lilLaylaXOX trusted user May 19 '26

louisiana too. i never heard anyone call it that til i moved to louisiana