Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
15.06.2025 00:19
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.
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.
You'll usually find your answer there.
There's no rule.
Why do North Indians, living in Bangalore, not bother to learn Kannada?
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Why did you put a guy’s dick in your mouth the first time?
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.