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How is A-11-y any more accessible a word than accessibility? The "replace-the-middle-with-numbers" shortening scheme makes absolutely no sense, is confusing for anyone that doesn't already know, and saving space is absolutely not an issue in this post-paper era. Just why? Who thought this was a good idea?

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FWIW, at least one prominent accessibility advocate in the blind community agrees: https://mosen.org/make-accessibility-discussion-more-accessi...

Who thought this was a good idea? Probably people who had to type “accessibility” out a dozen times a day. Also marketing minded people who know a memorable title keeps people thinking about the topic longer.

Side note, numeronyms have been around for a long time. This isn’t something we just invented for a11y.

Also side note: I personally love “a11y” because it makes me think of “ally”, which is what we would all be to people with special needs if we religiously adopted a11y.

The voice in my head that narrates whatever I read pronounced it "ally" from the start- it didn't read it as "A-eleven-why" until someone mentioned it, so if nothing else it had the desired effect on me!

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