Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 19.06.2025 02:24
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Do empaths fall easier for abusive people?
You'll usually find your answer there.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
Why are Americans obese? Is it the food or is it the psychology?
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.
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.
Why does a narcissist act like it's nothing when they hurt you?
There's no rule.