Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 19.06.2025 01:11
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
There's no rule.
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
What have you learned from your parents' mistakes?
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.
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.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
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You'll usually find your answer there.
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
How do flat earthers explain the Earth being stationary? Is this concept considered impossible?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.