On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:37:50 -0400, Taybin Rutkin wrote: > I don't think that changing the english rules of pronunciation is a > good solution. > > "no no, it's pronounced 'lad-spah'." > "why?" > "it sounds cooler with a european accent"
I've met many europeans who pronounce it L-A-D-S-P-A, using local letter pronunciations ("el ay dee ess pee ay" in en-gb), which is not only time consuming, it actually takes me a few moments to work out what they thier referring to. - Steve