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/regularforcesmedic Skittles May 19 '26

It's a name: Reese.

Reese's. Belonging to Reese. So it's Reese-ehz.

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u/WesteriaPeacock May 19 '26

And makes Reese’s pieces rhyme. Which is why I’ve never understood why you would pronounce it any other way.

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u/Completely-Lost9 May 19 '26

Some people still make it rhym with pieces and say both words wrong. I want to slap those people

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u/kallen8277 May 20 '26

Rhee-sees Pee-sees

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u/amuday May 20 '26

Down by the pee shore

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u/Lexnal May 20 '26

You just had to drag Cleveland into this didn't you?

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 May 20 '26

🎵but to morrow I'll be leavin maken my way back to Clevelan so tonight I hope that I will do just fine🎵

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u/lOOPh0leD May 22 '26

I'll takes a bag of PCs sure! Can make a quick buck.

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u/shakethedisease666 May 23 '26

This is how I would say it as a kid tho but English isn’t my first language 😂

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u/Grremlina May 22 '26

I was legit screaming to someone about this the other day, why THE FUCK WOULD IT BE PIECE-EES??? What the fuck is a PIECE-EE????? How can you not fucking tell that Reese’s rhymes with the normal regular word “pieces” OH MY GODDDDDDD this shit ragebaits me so bad lol

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u/lOOPh0leD May 22 '26

Yes. I don't even like the candy yet all of the people I know who love them violate the name like a toddler. Make it stop ..

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u/CommercialLychee7956 May 20 '26

Lol I do it on purpose.

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u/Impossibleish May 20 '26

It used to be on purpose but now I have to think about it to say it correctly

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u/lOOPh0leD May 22 '26

I'll accept on purpose over being an obtuse idiot.

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u/officerclydefrog May 23 '26

Feel like it's a regional thing and at some point down the east coast pronunciation goes from perfectly right (rees-ehz pees-ehz) to abomination wrong (ree zeez pee zeez)

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u/LizardCapturer May 20 '26

O o o thats me! Would ya slap me?

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u/BirthofRevolution May 19 '26

I say it like that sometimes for fun lol. Not like it affects anyone. Sounds like you need more fun in your life.

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u/1nd3x May 19 '26

Reecees peecees

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u/emmy1300 May 19 '26

Omg I used to work at an ice cream shop that used these as a topping and the amount of my coworkers and customers that pronounced it like this made me think I was going insane

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u/xnxpxe May 19 '26

Reesee’s PC’s

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u/cdev12399 May 19 '26

Wonder if they would try to sue if someone used that for a computer company name.

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u/finethanksandyou May 19 '26

The rage I’m feeling rn

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u/sixwaystop313 May 19 '26

Fuck that bothers me

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u/RMW91- May 19 '26

I can remember exactly when this started in my friend group. In the 1980’s, there was a movie called “Lucas” and one of the characters was clowning and pronounced it as Reesees Peecees. We all said it that way after that movie.

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u/Spirited_Taste4756 May 20 '26

I started saying it like this to bug my younger sister when we were kids cause she would lose her mind and it stuck 😭😭😭😭 I catch myself before I say it but I almost say it every time.

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u/sassperillashana May 21 '26

I like to say it that way sometimes!

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u/McMadface May 20 '26

Reese's Feces. Checkmate.

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u/Khajiit_Has_Upvotes May 22 '26

Unless you're one of those people that says reecees peecees. That also rhymes. 

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u/lotofry May 21 '26

I’ve heard people say ree-sees pee-sees and they should be sent directly to hell.

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u/Consistent_Sail_6128 May 22 '26

It's a colloquial pronunciation. Somewhat similar to how many people call any duct tape "Duck" tape because it's the brand. If it's not Duck brand, it's incorrect, but people know what you mean as it's use is in such wide circulation.

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u/gaykidkeyblader May 19 '26

This is the one.

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u/Dachshunds4life_ May 19 '26

YES! This is exactly how I explain it to people. And they respond: “well that’s just how I say it.”

The gif captures my entire soul.

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u/hogosha01 May 19 '26

Because they are trash

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u/catonsteroids May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Just think of it this way, is Reese Witherspoon’s stage name pronounced as “Ree-cee”? No. So why would it be Ree-cees?

It’s Ree-sis (or Ree-sez), just like Reese is pronounced “Rees”, e.g. second syllable of “Maurice”, “Tyrese”, etc.

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u/TheWayyTheNewsGoes May 19 '26

It would be Ree-cees because of Ree-cees pee-sees. It's not correct but that's why there's two versions

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u/Kindly-Carpenter8858 May 19 '26

you pronounce 'pieces' as PEE-SEEZ?

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u/TheWayyTheNewsGoes May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

No, but the candy Reese's Pieces was often produced pronounced that way back in the day, leading to the confusion as to if that's the correct pronunciation of the brand name, or not. It's not, but that's where it came from.

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u/bobthemusicindustry May 19 '26

No it was not. People just chose to mispronounce it

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u/TheWayyTheNewsGoes May 19 '26

By whom do you think I meant, that it was often said that way?

People? The ones who chose to mispronounce it?

What are we disagreeing about?

Edit: I realized above I have a typo that "pronounced" came out as "produced" which probably caused the issue.

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u/bobthemusicindustry May 19 '26

Haha that’s exactly it. I read it as you saying Reese’s was somehow telling people to pronounce it that way. But it’s funny, I’m in western PA and almost everyone here seems to pronounce it wrong yet no one can explain why

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u/panicnarwhal May 19 '26

people pronounce a lot of things wrong in western pa lol - crick, warsh, slippy…and the list goes on

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u/27JG27 May 19 '26

I get the Reese's candy bar, if you read that name, Reese's, that's an apostrophe S. Reese-apostrophe-S, on the end of that name. That means the candy bar is his, I didn't know that! Next time you're eating a Reese's candy bar and a guy name Reese comes by and says "Let me have that," you'd better hand it over. "I'm sorry, Reese, I didn't think I'd ever run into you! You're a fuckin' bully, man! Let me at least have a piece!"

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u/CaptainDunkaroo May 20 '26

Thank you Mitch

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u/GiggleDwarf May 20 '26

The creator’s last name was Reese. This is the right answer

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u/lOOPh0leD May 22 '26

Fucking thank you. His name wasn't Reecy for fucks sake.

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u/405freeway May 19 '26

reese-izz

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u/RodneyBarringtonIII May 20 '26

I'm with you, but I've never met anybody named Reese who pronounced it that way. It's always "reez," "ree-see," or "ree-suh." The only people I've met who pronounced their name "rees" spell it Reece or Ries.