Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
12.06.2025 13:52
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
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What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
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Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
There's no rule.
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.
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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.