Whats the rule that makes "please" pronounced the same as "pleas"?
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Back in the day (circa 1300), it was written <plesen>.
What's (not “whats”) the rule?
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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.
Words are pronounced the way that they're pronounced.
What are some things that children used to wait for, but are no longer common in today's society?
There's no rule.
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.
Why do almost all vertebrates have tails, but not apes and frogs?
Please is an anglicization of the French word plaisir.