[linux-audio-dev] Re: "LADSPA 2" name

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Apr 27 05:09:54 UTC 2006


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



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