Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
16.06.2025 00:07
Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.
If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.
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.
You'll usually find your answer there.
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.
How do you deal with a neighbor stealing?
There's no rule.
Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
How are max different from medical and minimum security prisons?
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.