Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 19.06.2025 00:34
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
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.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
You'll usually find your answer there.
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.
Why was the rock band Kiss so successful?
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
There's no rule.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
What were some things that the ancient Greeks excelled at compared to the Romans?
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.