March 23, 2008
Naturally and artificially flavored
I got some new Chucks for spring. So cute! So red! Oz said, "Maybe too red for work." But if I'm going to violate the No Sneakers rule, I might as well do it in style. My work also has a No Pajamas rule. I love that they had to make a rule for that, because it means that people were actually wearing pajamas at work. I haven't violated that rule. Yet.
We're having a nippy Easter, but yesterday was lovely as you can see. Warm enough to drive around with the windows down, anyway. I picked up some Reese's fudge peanut butter eggs when we were out on our errands and ended up licking one off the wrapper as I sat on the back porch and surveyed my winter-ravaged garden. I would have thought the artificial ingredients and stabilizers were more than capable of standing up to the weak March sunshine, but I guess not.
If I were motivated, I'd install a polling plug-in and run a poll to find out what proportion of people say "Reesey cup" verses "Reese's cup". Not that I'd get a statistically significant result, but it would probably be better than just asking around or pouncing on people to extract information. (How do you say it? Where are you from? Where are your parents from? Do you think there's a regional variation? Would you ever say "Reesey Pieces"?)
Oz has driven me out of the kitchen, where he's Doing Things to peppers, tomatoes, and beans. I suppose I should go out and Do Things with my camera, or maybe Clean Things around the house, but I've only got a couple hours of weekend left before I have to get on the train back to Alexandria.
291 words | March 23, 2008 03:31 PM | Real true story"Reese's" for me. I honestly don't think I've ever heard the "Ressey" pronunciation, which probably means that it's pretty rare in the Northeast (raised in MD by NY-ers, educated in DC and MA, with sojourns to Japan, where I prefer Vessel In A Fog).
Sounds like a Southernism to me, but I'm just guessing. "Ressey Pieces" is just wrong: the whole point of the name is that it ryhmes.
Posted by: Jonathan Dresner at March 23, 2008 04:38 PMI say Choco-Peanut-Buttery-Manna-of-the-Gods. But both of my sisters say Reesey.
The weather in Church Hill has been fantastic the last few days. I spent a chunk of yesterday and today working in the yard -- cleaning out the garden, mowing, and cutting back the raging ivy that's attempting to overtake our front porch.
Posted by: tim at March 23, 2008 05:03 PMSnazzy.
I picked up a new pair a couple of weeks ago myself. 'Tis the season, I suppose.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfenderson/2321941424/
Posted by: Tripp Fenderson at March 24, 2008 09:24 AMAlso, I never thought that either mini-cups or Pieces actually tasted right. Knock-offs, as far as I'm concerned. Peanut Butter M&Ms are actually closer to what a Resse's Pieces candy should taste like.
Posted by: Jonathan Dresner at March 28, 2008 06:36 PMReese's Pieces taste nasty. I haven't tried peanut butter M&M's yet, but I may give them a try. I prefer the Reese's eggs (available only at Easter), because of the optimal chocolate/peanut butter ratio.
It is definitely the season for new Chucks. My future sister-in-law turned up a few days ago wearing a brand-new pair of black on black Chucks. I'll have to get me some.
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