How to pronounce ℓ? Is there any other way than 'ell'?

Question

Reading aloud from a graph theory textbook, I encountered the letter ℓ. I assume that most people simply pronounce it 'ell'. However, is there any other way to pronounce it?

Answer 1

For the space $\ell^p$, I say "little ell-p." That is what the Banach Space Cadets at the University of Texas called in when I was a grad student.

Answer 2

I suppose you could pronounce it any way you like, but why would you want to?

The symbol $\ell$ is just a variant form of the lowercase L, drawn in a script style to distinguish it from the number 1 and uppercase I. I guess you could call it "script ell" if you want to be specific.

(BTW, the official name of the Unicode "letterlike symbol" character ℓ (U+2113) is "Script Small L".)