Shortform
“your” in braille
Written y-r — 4 letters cut to 2 letters of abbreviation, then written in 2 cells. That is 2 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 1-3-4-5-6, then dots 1-2-3-5
Unicode ⠽⠗ — 4 letters in 2 cells
How to recognise it
y-r, the 22nd commonest word in English and the commonest word on this list. “yours”, “yourself” and “yourselves” all begin with these two cells.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “your” loses 2 letters — o, u — to become yr. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | your | 4 cells |
| Abbreviated | yr | 2 letters |
| Written | 2 cells |
Endings it keeps
Of the 7 English words that begin with these letters, the reference keeps the shortform in 3 of them. The one ending that survives is -s. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| yours | -s | 3 cells |
Words that only look like it
Four dictionary words begin with these letters and are not built on it. Each begins with the same letters and is written out in full.
| Word | In braille | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| youre | 4 cells | |
| yourn | 4 cells | |
| yourt | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3-4-5-6 | the letter y; the word “you” standing alone | |
| 1-2-3-5 | the letter r; the word “rather” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “your” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“your” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: yr in 2 cells, not 4 letters.
