Shortform
“either” in braille
Written e-i — 6 letters cut to 2 letters of abbreviation, then written in 2 cells. That is 4 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 1-5, then dots 2-4
Unicode ⠑⠊ — 6 letters in 2 cells
How to recognise it
e-i, two cells for six letters, and the pairing with “neither” is exact: n-e-i is the same abbreviation with an n in front.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “either” loses 4 letters — t, h, e, r — to become ei. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | either | 6 cells |
| Abbreviated | ei | 2 letters |
| Written | 2 cells |
It carries no endings
No English word begins with “either” except the word itself, so there is nothing for an ending rule to decide here. These 2 cells write the bare word and nothing else. “good” is the opposite case — it carries seven different endings.
What these 2 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | the letter e; the word “every” standing alone | |
| 2-4 | the letter i |
Check your own text
The translator writes “either” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“either” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: ei in 2 cells, not 6 letters.
