Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 18.06.2025 00:32
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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.
Why did the American's mulberry harbor not hold up after D-Day?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
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.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
Why is there no evidence of a multiverse theory?
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.
You'll usually find your answer there.
How do you cope when your mother doesn't love you?
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.