Note that eliding the middle of some long words also avoids making a choice of Websterian or British spelling, giving us, for instance, p13n for personali{s,z}a

Note that eliding the middle of some long words also avoids making a choice of Websterian or British spelling, giving us, for instance, p13n for personali{s,z}ation without having to locali{s,z}e the terminology, or to have a {flame war,frank and open discussion} over the spelling.