You already answered the question in a way by saying “it’s 9 characters 
shorter”. A web search for “Why does #A11Y represent accessibility” gave me 
this:
a11y, the abbreviation stands for accessibility, with the "11" in the middle 
representing the 11 missing letters of the word.
So yes, it’s 9 characters shorter because you replace 11 characters with 2.
Similar abbreviations used are i18n for internationalization (a 20-character 
word and you replace the 18 middle characters with the number 18) and l10n for 
localization (a 12-character word where the middle 10 are replaced by the 
number 10).
It's used by lots of people in the accessibility community, so a search for 
'a11y' finds useful and relevant content.

Got it now, M4O? 😁


Regards,
Sieghard

From: 'Marcio' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 5:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: hashtag tips

Christopher,
a11y is nine characters shorter then #accessibility, so that's why people use 
it.
LOL, good point. But why specifically #A11Y ? I mean, it could be anything, 
then why? That's what I can't understand.

Cheers,
Marcio<https://tinyurl.com/TlkTM>
AKA Starboy


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