Just a little disclaimer, this is not meant to be offensive towards the people who are slightly mispronouncing Reese's as "Ree-sees" and is not meant to be taken as a "hateful message," because that's NOT what this is. I'm just trying to give out my reasoning to why I think it's not "Ree-sees." I actually had this argument with my friends in high school long before I posted this. Anyway, let's get started. So, lately, I was watching one of my favorite YouTubers' videos called "MileSpeeds ROOM TOUR 2020" by MilesTails101, and in the video he pronounced the famous peanut-buttery candy "Ree-sees" and it was a bit shocking to me, mainly because I haven't heard anyone pronounce Reese's like that in a very long time. But don't worry, I'm still going to subscribe to MilesTails101 when I get a YouTube account in the future. Anyway, back on topic, here's my first take on the way Reese's ought to be pronounced. Look at the last E and the last S in the logo and tell me what you see in between the two. If you said it's an apostrophe, you are correct. When you take out the last S and the apostrophe, what do you get? Reese. That's the name of a person. In fact, according to Ally Hardebeck from Business Insider, the candy was named after a man named Harry Burnett Reese, who just so happened to be the creator of the peanut butter cups themselves. Something tells me that this isn't enough to convince whoever is reading this, but fear not, because there's more. Hardebeck states, "Though today's Reese's commercials seem to add fuel to the fire of this argument by using words in their commercials and never actually saying the brand's name, this wasn't always the case. Reese's does in fact actually confirm it is Rees-IS in past commercials." And she is right, these commercials pronounce it correctly, especially in the "Get Lost in a Reese's" commercials. Not only that, but the recent "Not Sorry" ads that have been showing up not too long after Hardebeck published her article in 2018 have also pronounced it as Reese's instead of "Ree-sees." Still not convinced? Very well, let me ask you something: have you noticed the recent trend regarding the "Reese's Puffs Rap?" Click on the green flag and then press the space bar to start listening. Tell me, how do they pronounce it in the song? If you guessed Rees-IS, you are correct. They are not pronouncing it as "Ree-sees" in the song (please don't say "Thanks, Captain Obvious" in the comments). One more thing, lately, I have heard a lot of people call Reese's Pieces "Ree-sees Pee-sees" which, to me (no offense), is a lot more annoying than just calling it "Ree-sees." Now my guess is that because most of these people have pronounced it as "Ree-sees" their entire lives, they may have accidentally slipped at one point when they meant to pronounce it as Pieces instead of "Pee-sees" and it probably just stuck. But the same "Not Sorry" advertisements have not only pronounced Reese's correctly, but they have also done the same with Pieces. That just about does it for today, but like I said earlier, this is NOT a hate message and this is NOT meant to offend anybody. I doubt these mispronunciations are going to slow down anytime soon, but hopefully many of you will keep this information close to you, especially if you get into an argument with your friends. Take care everyone, and unlike the "Not Sorry" guy, I am VERY sorry if I do end up offending someone because of my claim. That is NOT what I want to do. Also, just to throw this out there, my personal favorite Reese's candy is the peanut butter cups that are stuffed with Reese's Pieces.
- Source of Information: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-right-way-to-pronounce-reeses-candy-2018-1 - MilesTails101's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSNzpxyng4 (Go to 1:11 and listen carefully to how MilesTails101 pronounces the brand) - Not Sorry Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHV9TJXIxdM
