This should probably go in "general discussion", but since that forum is closed for adding content, this would be the next best thing, because it was kind of funny. Kazimierz, I'm looking to you for enlightenment on this, as our resident Canadian (or possibly one of them).
The Roku Channel has recently added a CBC News channel, and they were doing a story about Thanksgiving. I know I was not hallucinating, and when the reported mentioned pumpkin pies, he pronounced it "pumpkin PEES". No joke!
I'm pretty sure he was a South Asian Canadian. Is this an alternate pronunciation of "pie" in Canada? Or I had to wonder if he had learned English as a second language, was unfamiliar with the concept of "pie" --- maybe they don't have them where he comes from, and he's never had the pleasure of eating it in North America --- and thought it was pronounced "pee".
It's not as outlandish (no pun intended) as it sounds. I have a friend who calls the de facto national dish of Britain "chicken TIKI masala". She conflated it with the Polynesian word and I didn't have the heart to correct her.