Why native English speakers like so much to shorten words so much? To me, a non native, a11y reads like ally and in no means reads accessibility. Any tips on that?
i18n was coined by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s or 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_local...
https://www.accessibility.com/glossary/a11y claims that this was initially a joke, which explains a lot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym#Numerical_contractio...
Three of those are (ironically) related to making content legible to everyone.
But mostly only the same four as you.
a-ccessibilit-y => ccessibility is 11 characters => a11y
Though i18n for internationalisation has been around for so long now that when I see something like a11y or k8s or etc. I assume it's Another One Of Those and go find out what the long version is.
You do need a font where 1 versus l is obvious, but that's also true of reading code so most of us probably -do- have such a font already.
(I can see why it's confusing; all I can really say is "you get used to it eventually" and possibly "sorry" ;)
Fun fact! These are called "numeronyms".
I mean, if they were taking the piss, I might find it amusing.