Stupid question- but my daughter has FORCED ME to ask you!!!

[Nixenkind]

You can help settling a domestic dispute here...
Our supermarket gives away these little thingies, one for every 15 Euro you spend:


Our kids collect them like crazy... and all the other kids in our area, too.
Our problem: we can't decide how to pronounce the name. They are called "Stikeez", and we don't know what to do with the "i". EVERYBODY around us pronounces the "i" like the one in "city", and I'm the only one who stubbornly pronounces the "i" like the one in "kite", because for me, that sounds like the correct way to do it.
Today, my daughter said: "Okay, go and ask the native speakers in the Sweet Shoppe forum, and if you don't do it, I'm gonna make chicken noises whenever I see you for the REST OF THE DAY!!!"
So you see... I have no choice.
How would you pronounce the "i" in the word STIKEEZ?
Thank you so much for answering this mind-blowingly important question !!

[mrshobbes]

I have no idea, I've never seen those before over here. In my head though, I did pronounce it as "stee-keez" (like "city") just because it's like a derivative of "sticker" and it kinda sounds cuter?

[jacinda]

They look like they stick to the table, so I'd prounounce it stickeez like a sticker. Haha. Did that make sense??

[Nixenkind]

That makes perfect sense, and I guess it's what the creators have been thinking... they probably just left out the "c" to make the title flashier. And it's true: they stick to the table and all smooth surfaces !
Thank you so much, my daughter will be VERY HAPPY when she comes home from school!

[ChristyHC]

Yah, I think that grammatically it should be a long I sound, but I'm guessing they mean it to be short I lick stick.

[emmasmommy]

I'd say it like Jacinda...I think LOL

[Jenn Barrette]

I would say stick-eez as well

[jessica31876]

Id say stick like stickers.

[KristinCB]

Originally Posted by Nixenkind

"Okay, go and ask the native speakers in the Sweet Shoppe forum, and if you don't do it, I'm gonna make chicken noises whenever I see you for the REST OF THE DAY!!!"

HAHAHA this totally made my day lol!!

(i think with the i like city too :O sorry!)

[thompsonc2007]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

HAHAHA this totally made my day lol!!

(i think with the i like city too :O sorry!)

I agree this was hilarious! I would probably say it opposite the kids just to fret them a bit But if I were trying to be correct I think it would be pronounced like STICKeez. But hey be a rebel and say it how you want

[origami]

Originally Posted by Nixenkind

You can help settling a domestic dispute here...
Our supermarket gives away these little thingies, one for every 15 Euro you spend...

I agree with Jacinda and Jenn and Emmasmommy, etc. Like a "sticker."

Hmm...when we buy groceries at our supermarket, we get credits that go towards discounts on gasoline for our car as long as we buy our gas at participating stations. But those are cute toys!

[xboxmom]

Yep Stick-eez for sure! But I also agree Mess with your kids! What other joys do we Mom's get anyway? haha

[nun69]

I would say it like "stickies"....since they look like they have little suction cups on them to make them "stick" to things

[Sherri Tierney]

My kids have something that looks like those. I believe theirs are 'Moshi Monsters' though. All these crazy little toys just baffle me.

[Beebo]

Great colors in the photo! A kit with those colors? Yeah I would buy it!

Ooops!! Off subject, sorry. I would pronounce it as stickies.

[CA Dreamer]

They look like the are suction cup bottoms? If so, they are probably meant to "stick" somewhere.