Shortform
“said” in braille
Written s-d — 4 letters cut to 2 letters of abbreviation, then written in 2 cells. That is 2 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 2-3-4, then dots 1-4-5
Unicode ⠎⠙ — 4 letters in 2 cells
How to recognise it
s-d in two cells. It is a common word with an uncommonly quiet shortform — no family, no endings beyond the plural, and one obscure look-alike.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “said” loses 2 letters — a, i — to become sd. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | said | 4 cells |
| Abbreviated | sd | 2 letters |
| Written | 2 cells |
Endings it keeps
Of the 2 English words that begin with these letters, the reference keeps the shortform in 1 of them. The one ending that survives is -s. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| saids | -s | 3 cells |
Words that only look like it
One dictionary word begins with it and is unrelated. It begins with the same letters and is written out in full.
| Word | In braille | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| saidi | 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3-4 | the letter s; the word “so” standing alone | |
| 1-4-5 | the letter d; the word “do” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “said” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“said” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: sd in 2 cells, not 4 letters.
