stupid a cappella question

[ninjadog]

Whats with the a having a space after it? I realize it's an Italian word originating from singing in the church with no music or something like that. But common sense would make one want to say "an acappella" when refering to one. The space makes it seem like cappella is the real root of the word but no one ever asks for some cappellas, and some a cappellas looks like you don't know proper english, some acappellas makes sense to me. So is it just tradition or something that makes it spelled all fucked?

[nowaysj]

I usually call em pellas. Jokes!

[therapist]

Like you say something is 'a la something else', it's an adjective. Wiki says it means like chapel music.

[z.u.bee]

Like you say something is 'a la something else', it's an adjective. Wiki says it means like chapel music.

thats exactly the sense of it.

'a la chapel music'

[ninjadog]

Thanks, that actually makes sense.