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

13.06.2025 14:55

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

You'll usually find your answer there.

Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.

What's (not “whats”) the rule?

Do women lack the mental strength to succeed at STEM? There seems to be few women at STEM and more women leave STEM after a time of working at it. How can it be just sexism if women aren't banned from entering?

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.

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.

What role did China play in the signing of the "Beijing Declaration" between Fatah and Hamas? What other information is worth noting for talks among Palestinian factions in Beijing?

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

There's no rule.

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

Why do most atheists in debates with theists take Bible verses out of context much of the time? Are they lying maliciously or do they not understand theology enough to understand the meaning?

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.