Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 17.06.2025 12:25
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
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.
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.
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Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
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 far back into your childhood can your remember and what is your favorite memory of that time?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.