Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 11:03

Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?

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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.

There's no rule.

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What's (not “whats”) the rule?

Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.

Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.

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Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.

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.

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