Shortform
“according” in braille
Written a-c — 9 letters cut to 2 letters of abbreviation, then written in 2 cells. That is 7 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 1, then dots 1-4
Unicode ⠁⠉ — 9 letters in 2 cells
How to recognise it
Nine letters in two cells — a-c — which ties with “altogether” for the largest saving on the whole list. You will almost always meet it as “accordingly”, which keeps the shortform and adds the -ly.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “according” loses 7 letters — c, o, r, d, i, n, g — to become ac. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | according | 9 cells |
| Abbreviated | ac | 2 letters |
| Written | 2 cells |
Endings it keeps
One English word begins with these letters, and the reference keeps the shortform in it. The one ending that survives is -ly. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| accordingly | -ly | 4 cells |
What these 2 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the letter a | |
| 1-4 | the letter c; the word “can” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “according” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“according” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: ac in 2 cells, not 9 letters.
