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xoggoth replied

17 December 2010, 11:37
If we must simplify why not go back to Egyptians?. I would enjoy sending letters to an insurance company consisting of little doodles of elephants and things.
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Spacecadet replied

17 December 2010, 11:13
I understand J00

Last edited by Spacecadet; 17 December 2010, 11:16.
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minestrone replied

17 December 2010, 10:51
R u 4 real?
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Bunk replied

17 December 2010, 10:45
I've seen i18n used quite a lot but never a11y.
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thunderlizard replied

17 December 2010, 10:40
That's 50 8100dy 1337!
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OwlHoot started a topic New horror for txt spk haters - numeronyms

17 December 2010, 10:34
New horror for txt spk haters - numeronyms

I've been studying the O'Reilly book "Dojo: The Definitive Guide", for a clientco web app, and have been seeing a few bizarre shortened words such as "i18n" and "a11y".

Turns out these are called numeronyms (and those two are short for "internationalization" and "accessibility" respectively)

Anyone seen many of these? have they been around for a while, maybe a spin-off from text speak?
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