Have you once in your life seen the name Reese and pronounced the silent “E” at the end? Have you ever met a person named Reesee?
I’ll do you one better…People that say REESEES PEESEES. When the fuck have you ever said peesees when you read the word pieces.
If you do this, you are beyond stupid.
I’m upvoting both because I agree with you and because I believe we’re petty enough to still be in the minority. I think this is an unpopular opinion because most people don’t care.
The revolution starts at home. First we eradicate mispronunciation. Then we work our way towards people who sneeze entirely too loudly. Then on to fascism.
You’re right.
I’ll do you one better…People that say REESEES PEESEES.
lmao it’s me
You used to do it because playing with words is fun. Now you also do it to annoy op
Do your knuckles get calloused from dragging on the floor?
I can feel the breeze from their mouth breathing waaaaay over here.
I could have sworn that they pronounced it “Reesees” in the commercials, so I went to double check and I was wrong. All official commercials that I’ve found they pronounce it “Reese’s”. This has me wondering where I heard the “Reesees” pronunciation. It must be some social thing, a dialect or accent around where I’ve grown up, or even just linguistic drift. Etymology is weird like that.
Maybe that’s how Nelson Mandela says it.
Maybe it’s from E.T.? Been years since I’ve seen it so I don’t remember how they say it, though Reese’s Pieces play a large role in the plot
Weird hill to even have a gentle discomfort on, let alone die on.
You’re on Lemmy. A site where where furries and anime masturbators go when Reddit isn’t weird enough, and you’re going to call my post weird?
Please…
Yeah. Getting that bent out of shape over something so pointless?
I think it’s your inability to understand social context. Again, this is Lemmy, so I’ll assume you’re on the spectrum.
I understand social context just fine. What I don’t understand being unnecessarily angry over such mundane things.
I’m not angry. It’s in jest. You just don’t understand that because you’re being pedantic and bland.
Yeahs because SO many people find themselves saying:
“If you do this you are beyond stupid”
…when they’re just in jest.
But you go on and hide behind accusing me of being… “pedantic and bland” if it helps you to backpedal.
Oh my god. Go away dork. You’re so upset about something online that you harass someone. Pot calling the kettle black.
I know this person and I hate it.
There’s a dozen of them!
You must love it when people say the word /ˈnukjəlɚ/.
NUKE-U-LERR WARHEAD! I hate that. You’re right.
Rhesus peices
I can get behind this
My brother used to call them feces pieces, and yes, it rhymed.
Your brother is a lower form of human being.
Well he is an engineer now, so I certainly see your point.
I thought the point of pronouncing it like that was because it was dumb
The funny thing I’ve found is that they don’t even realize they’re doing it. So I ask them how to say the name “Reese” and they’ll do it right. Then I’ll ask what the possessive form of the name is and they’ll say it correctly. The lightbulb moment is always really funny, but they still decide to be a fuckass and say it wrong anyway.
That’s the thing. When have you ever looked at the word “pieces” outside of candy and read it as “PEE-SEES”?
Maybe the last time I didn’t have lips.
That sentence is comedy gold.
Cool whip
Hwhy am I saying hwhat hweird?
Theres not even an H in weird!
yeah, same goes for “sherbert” people!
Don’t get me started.
It sounds better. Fight me
I think it’s morally frowned upon to fight the mentally challenged.
Ironically one of the highest-profile people to say it wrong is Travis Kelce, who routinely says it incorrectly on his podcast, even when Reese’s became a sponsor of his podcast.
It’s extra ironic because his own name became commonly mispronounced by announcers and the general public. Almost every reference to him pronounces it “Kel SEE” but his name is more correctly said with a hard stop as in the word “rice”.
I did know someone named Reesee. And a person named Reesé too
Fancy
