Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 19.06.2025 02:10
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.
There's no rule.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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.
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
How rough can the ferry passage from Hull to Rotterdam be in the autumn ( at the end of October )?
You'll usually find your answer there.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
What should every American know before traveling to the UK?
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.