Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 03:55
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
Which Shakespeare words have completely changed meaning in modern English?
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There's no 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.
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You'll usually find your answer there.
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.
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
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Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.