Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 17.06.2025 09:27
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.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
PlayStation Plus free open-world RPG is 3 times the size of Skyrim - GAMINGbible
There's no rule.
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
You'll usually find your answer there.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
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.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Why do people say "tall, dark, and handsome" when they actually mean "tall, white, and handsome"?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.