Shavian alphabet Shavian alphabet The Shavian alphabet (also known as the Shaw alphabet) is an alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonetic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of conventional spelling. It was posthumously funded by and named after Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw set three main criteria for the new alphabet: it should be (1) at least 40 letters; (2) as "phonetic" as possible (that is, letters should have a to phonemes); and (3) distinct from the Latin alphabet to avoid the impression that the new spellings were simply "misspellings". The Shavian alphabet consists of
Shavian (horse) Shavian started second favourite behind Tirol in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. After leading the ten-runner field into the straight he weakened and finished fifth, more than sixteen lengths behind the winner Markofdistinction. Shavian stood as a breeding stallion in Britain for three years before being exported to Japan. He was not a success at stud, with the best of his offspring being the listed race winners Armenian Dancer and Maggi for Margaret and the successful handicapper Gaelic Storm. Shavian (horse) Shavian (foaled 31 March 1987) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed his best form