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) the first time in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse and started 100/30 favourite in a seven-runner field. He led for most of the way but was overtaken approaching the final furlong and finished third behind the four-year-olds Distant Relative and Green Line Express. Twenty-four days later Shavian started 5/2 favourite for the Celebration Mile over the same course and distance. His four opponents were Lord Florey, Mirror Black (Badener Meile), Safawan (Lockinge Stakes) and Candy Glen (Gran Criterium, Premio Parioli). He led from the start and won by two and a half lengths from Candy Glen. On 29 September