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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym > According to Tex Texin, the first numeronym of this kind was "S12n", the elec
by vmladenov 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym
> According to Tex Texin, the first numeronym of this kind was "S12n", the electronic mail account name given to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) employee Jan Scherpenhuizen by a system administrator because his surname was too long to be an account name. By 1985, colleagues who found Jan's name unpronounceable often referred to him verbally as "S12n" (ess-twelve-en). The use of such numeronyms became part of DEC corporate culture.
- Jtsummers 5y agoYeah, I just found a few others like it. I'll still contend it's a great way to bar people from a conversation because it means nothing to the majority. Which seems like a bizarre choice for a topic called "accessibility".
- mikestew 5y agoI don't think that people who can't be bothered to learn the pronunciation of their coworker's names are people to be emulated. We learned "Schwarzenegger", we can learn how to pronounce Jan's name, I'm sure.
- jodrellblank 5y ago> "We learned "Schwarzenegger"" After crediting him as "Arnold Strong" in his first film and dubbing over his voice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_in_New_York#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_in_New_York#Productio...