Not a joke question. I’ve only seen the term a11y online and have never heard it pronounced. How does one say it?
“Eh one one wai”?
“Eh eleven wai”?
Thanks for the post. Important stuff! I have a friend whose parents are both deaf and a great amount of things in their life revolve around using the internet well.
Dan, I have no idea to be completely honest. 🤣 I say it like the word "ally". That makes it have a double meaning, I think.
I'm glad you have been around people that were able to give you some insight into the world of being disabled. A lot of people just don't know until they're told about things. It's so easy to take things for granted.
I think in my head when I read a11y I’m going to stick with “alevenie” from now on. With the a being like in a in Apple. (Until someone informs me otherwise lol)
Oh ok sorry, I've never said "ally" or "I 18 N", so I thought everybody just said accessibility and Internationalization (god that's a long word) out loud.
I’ve definitely heard people say “eye-18-en”, so that’s why we’re all confused! It looks like the word “ally”, but “aye-11-why” also seems like it works too. We need an expert here haha!
Not a joke question. I’ve only seen the term
a11y
online and have never heard it pronounced. How does one say it?“Eh one one wai”?
“Eh eleven wai”?
Thanks for the post. Important stuff! I have a friend whose parents are both deaf and a great amount of things in their life revolve around using the internet well.
Dan, I have no idea to be completely honest. 🤣 I say it like the word "ally". That makes it have a double meaning, I think.
I'm glad you have been around people that were able to give you some insight into the world of being disabled. A lot of people just don't know until they're told about things. It's so easy to take things for granted.
I think because i18n is “eye-eighteen-en” and l10n is “ell-ten-en”, I’ve always said it as “Ay-eleven-why”
Hmmm good points. Who is the expert on this? Hahaha.
Maybe no one is...not even the people that made the word up!
So just like the other acronyms it would be "Eh Eleven why" but whenever used in conversation I as at Ally or just Accessibility.
Fun Fact: it's called a "numeronym" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym)
I didn’t know of this!! Thank you!
I think in my head when I read
a11y
I’m going to stick with “alevenie” from now on. With thea
being like ina
inApple
. (Until someone informs me otherwise lol)It stands for accessibility. That's how you say it. Count the letters.
We know what it stands for. It’s not uncommon for people to say and use shortened versions of words.
Oh ok sorry, I've never said "ally" or "I 18 N", so I thought everybody just said accessibility and Internationalization (god that's a long word) out loud.
I’ve definitely heard people say “eye-18-en”, so that’s why we’re all confused! It looks like the word “ally”, but “aye-11-why” also seems like it works too. We need an expert here haha!
I found a thing! If you scroll about halfway down this page, it tells you how "a11y" is pronounced.
a11yproject.com/posts/a11y-and-oth...
:O
The plot thickens!
This is informative! Thank you!