a10n ( word -- numeronym )
English natural language transformations

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Vocabulary
english

Inputs

word

a string

Outputs

numeronym

a string

Word description
Abbreviates a word of more than three characters, by replacing the inner part of the word with the number of omitted letters. The result is an abbreviation (called a numeronym) which is pronounced like the original word.

Notes

•	This word attempts to preserve the letter case style of the input.
•	When the input is too short, it is returned unchanged.
•	The name of this word is abbreviation, abbreviated by its own strategy.
•	This style of abbreviation originated with i18n (the word internationalization) in the 1980s.

Examples

USING: english io ; "dup" a10n print
dup

USING: english io ; "abbreviationalism" a10n print
a15m

See also
a/an, ?plural-article, comma-list

Definition

USING: kernel math math.parser sequences ;

IN: english

: a10n ( word -- numeronym )
    dup length 3 > [
        [ 1 head ] [ length 2 - number>string ] [ 1 tail* ] tri
        3append
    ] when ;