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

12.06.2025 08:15

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

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

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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There's no rule.

You'll usually find your answer there.

Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.

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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.

Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.

What's (not “whats”) the rule?

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If you're curious about why a word is spelled the way it's spelled, your first recourse should be etymonline dot com.