Mispronouncing acronyms

[Tony Duell]

> 
> 
> Are those little diodes that emit light called L-E-Ds or are they leads?
> You know, like you put in a mechanical pencil?  The plural of Pb...
> 
> A single one is a led-- like what you did when you took the horse
> to water.

I always say 'Ell Eee Dee' and 'Ell Eee Dees'. Never (or perhaps very 
rarely) 'Led'

But as somebody once remarked 'You can take a horse to water, but a 
self-illuminating display must be LED'

-tony