FWIW, when I first saw that I wondered “what’s the difference between the A-aesthetic and the B-aesthetic?” It might be clearer to say “non-aesthetic” or just something like “no frills”.
Agreed, in retrospect it is pretty obvious that there is no good way to attach the prefix “a” to a word that starts with an “a” and have anyone intuitively get what you mean.
FWIW, when I first saw that I wondered “what’s the difference between the A-aesthetic and the B-aesthetic?” It might be clearer to say “non-aesthetic” or just something like “no frills”.
Agreed, in retrospect it is pretty obvious that there is no good way to attach the prefix “a” to a word that starts with an “a” and have anyone intuitively get what you mean.