Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
13.06.2025 16:57
There's no rule.
You'll usually find your answer there.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
What type of crossdresser are you?
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
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.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
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.
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
How do you feel about Donald Trump signing an executive order that says there are only two genders?
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.