Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 16:01
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
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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.
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Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
There's no rule.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
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What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.