How do you Pronounce Isp?

[peachoftree]

I have always thought of it as "eye-ess-pee" but beybe some pronounce it as all one word i.e. "issp"*

*This may or may not be a stupid question that just came into my mind while reading the wikipedia article on the rocket equation:wink:

[Slam_Jones]

Eye - Ess - Pee

Edit: That could just be me tho. Anything that is just an amalgamation of letters, I pronounce by the letter.

[NovaSilisko]

I have never heard anyone pronounce it as a word and would probably be deeply annoyed if I did hear someone do so

[peachoftree]

sorry for putting this in the wrong forum, didn't really know where to post it. Thanks anonymod!

Edited November 18, 2014 by peachoftree
turned anonymous into sneaky pun:)

[Camacha]

I generally pronounce it nuragubtur-wragh-nebtor, though exact intonation can vary.

[astropapi1]

Eye Ess Pee.

I haven't heard anyone pronounce it any other way.

[Guest]

Eye-ess-pee usually, sometimes I just say specific impulse.

[Sun]

I just say specific impulse or efficiency, for convenience, even though "Isp" is shorter.

[rodion]

in my head "specific impulse", because i'm not restricted in how many syllables i can think in. in real life, i have no idea how i would shorten the mouthful because i never seem to get to talk about the fine details of reactive propulsion physics with people i know.

[Superfluous J]

It never occurred to me that you would pronounce it any way except eye-ess-pee.

[Red Iron Crown]

"Throatwarbler mangrove."

More seriously, "specific impulse" or "eye ess pee".

[J.Random]

Eggs term in eight.

[TheScareCake!]

I do it like "E-ES-P (not pe but just p)"

In Lithuanian.

[Dman979]

"Throatwarbler mangrove."

Same here!

[OrbitusII]

"Eye-ess-pee" since it's the name of a variable. Kinda like K_eq (pronounced "kay-ee-q") in chemistry, except I_sp is rocket science (which does involve some chemistry) and is calculated very differently for a hugely different purpose.

[EdFred]

Eye - spuh

[cantab]

Eye Ess Pee.

Because after all, the symbol is correctly I_sp, it just gets written inline for convenience.

[Nuke]

i just automatically spell out acronyms. its the easiest way to sound smart, even if you dont actually know what your talking about.

[Camacha]

its the easiest way to sound smart, even if you dont actually know what your talking about.

The best way of sounding like an idiot is trying to sound smart when you are not

[SUJETO]

ih-es-pih rapidly in spanish because i dont heard that in english very often.