Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
08.06.2025 09:35
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
While you may reasonably ask why words are spelled the way they're spelled, it makes no sense to ask why they're pronounced the way they're pronounced.
What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning for one minute?
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
You'll usually find your answer there.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Why do guys have better skin than women even though women use more product?
There's no rule.
Whence the <ea> I cannot say but some other words that were spelled <ai> in French are spelled <ea> in English: aise → ease, graisse → grease, fait → feat.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
Why do I feel like something bad is going to happen to me?
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.