Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
13.06.2025 06:42
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Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
Where are the gay people in India?
There's no rule.
You'll usually find your answer there.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Why should the law care about what I do behind closed doors?
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.
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.
What thing happened to you as a child that you haven’t let go of to this day?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.