Logo

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

11.06.2025 08:38

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

There's no rule.

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.

LSU averts disaster, rallies back from 4-run deficit to beat Little Rock and advance to super regionals - NOLA.com

You'll usually find your answer there.

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>.

What is chudai?

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.

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

What's (not “whats”) the rule?

What do you think of Andrew Tate?

Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.