Shavian alphabet the Shavian glyphs. 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
Shavian (horse) Stakes) with Shavian next in the betting on 11/1. The other three runners were Eton Lad (Diomed Stakes), Book The Band and Call To Arms. Royal Academy refused to enter the stalls and was withdrawn at the start. Cauthen sent Shavian into the lead from the start and turned into the straight with a clear advantage over Rock City, Book The Band and Anshan. He was never seriously challenged in the straight and won by one and a half lengths from Rock City, with Lord Florey finishing strongly in third. On 1 August, Shavian was matched against older horses for