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How do you say i18n?


In my head?

Something like slurring the word “internationalization” combined with 18. “Ill-ateen-yon”

(In general I hate these numeric abbreviations, they’re terribly opaque to anyone who’s not clued in)


One of my favorite T shirts is a custom black one that says `f2k i18n` in a white typewriterish coding font. (Thanks Roman!)

Most people are confused by it. When I start to explain it, I sound like a jerk who hates foreigners.

The programmers on the street point and smile at it. If they work in `l14n`, they come up and give me a hug.


l10n, surely?


You are correct! I need a tshirt to keep it straight.


Eye eighteenin


institutionalization




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