Shortform
“together” in braille
Written t-g-r — 8 letters cut to 3 letters of abbreviation, then written in 3 cells. That is 5 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 2-3-4-5, then dots 1-2-4-5, then dots 1-2-3-5
Unicode ⠞⠛⠗ — 8 letters in 3 cells
How to recognise it
t-g-r, the only one of the four to- words that needs three cells. It takes -s and -ness, so “togetherness” keeps it.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “together” loses 5 letters — o, e, t, h, e — to become tgr. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | together | 8 cells |
| Abbreviated | tgr | 3 letters |
| Written | 3 cells |
Endings it keeps
Of the 4 English words that begin with these letters, the reference keeps the shortform in 2 of them. The endings that survive are -s, -ness. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| togethers | -s | 4 cells | |
| togetherness | -ness | 5 cells |
Words that only look like it
Two longer forms are spelled out. Each begins with the same letters and is written out in full.
| Word | In braille | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| togetherhood | 10 cells | |
| togetheriness | 9 cells |
Learn it with the to- words
This is one of 4 shortforms built to the same shape — a t, then one letter — and the set is far quicker learned together than one word at a time: today (td), tomorrow (tm), tonight (tn).
What these 3 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3-4-5 | the letter t; the word “that” standing alone | |
| 1-2-4-5 | the letter g; the word “go” standing alone | |
| 1-2-3-5 | the letter r; the word “rather” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “together” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“together” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: tgr in 3 cells, not 8 letters.
