Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
12.06.2025 15:35
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
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.
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.
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.
Why is the government destroying the homeless instead of helping them?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
There's no rule.
Trump is forcing this dirty, costly coal plant to stay open - The Washington Post
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.