get_the_tags codex page says
The following example displays the tag name of each tag assigned to
the post (this is like using the_tags(), but without linking each tag
to the tag view, and using spaces instead of commas):
<?php $posttags = get_the_tags();
if ($posttags) {
foreach($posttags as $tag) {
echo $tag->name . ' ';
}
} ?>
ever tried that? 🙂