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Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?

13.06.2025 11:06

Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?

Pleas is spelled <pleas> because it's the plural of pleas.

Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.

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.

In what ways does Bollywood represent India's culture to the rest of the world through movies, songs, and dance? Is this representation accurate?

There's no rule.

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.

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Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.

Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.

What's (not “whats”) the rule?

Why do wokes use words like "homophobes" when they don't know what that means? Do they realize that no one is afraid of them?

You'll usually find your answer there.