Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
15.06.2025 04:50
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.
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.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
There's no rule.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
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.
My ex moved on so fast. How can I overcome the pain?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.