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
Big Fan (TV series) Big Fan (TV series) Big Fan is an American game show that debuted on ABC. The series premiered on January 9, 2017. The US TV network ABC announced "Big Fan" in February 2016. The series is based on a segment on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" called "Who Knows...?", in which a contestant competes against a celebrity or sports figure of whom he or she is a fan, answering trivia and biographical questions about the star. The half-hour series is hosted by Andy Richter, with Jimmy Kimmel, David Goldberg, and Caroline Baumgard as executive producers, and Banijay Studios North America producing. Official