Question: ```
<?php echo get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'people', 'People: ', ' ', '' ); ?> 

```

returns something like this: 

```
People: <a href="person1">Person1</a>, <a href="person2">Person2</a>, ...

```

How can I make it return the same thing without links like this:

```
People: Person1, Person2

```

Answer: 
Alternatively you can also use 

```
<?php 
echo strip_tags (
    get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'tax_name', "Text Before Value ",", " )
);
?>

```
I found another method that more directly answers my question:

```
<?php $terms_as_text = get_the_term_list( $post->ID,'people', 'People: ', ', ');
if (!empty($terms_as_text)) echo '<p>', strip_tags($terms_as_text) ,'</p>'; ?>

```

Credit: [CSS Tricks](http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/11225/display-wordpress-custom-taxonomy-tags-but-not-as-links/p1)