Hi Sid Good Gracious I am not saying that you can not use a British Accent when writing Shaw. A lot of people affect a British accent for many reasons. It has...
How do you all react to articles like this? http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/03/03/offbeat.text.essay.reut/index.html I'm irked by the unexamined implication...
Where did you get the reference to morality? It seemed to me that the article was warning against the threat posed by phonetic English in a modern world. I ...
Happens all too much here. So many people I see in chat rooms are starting to speak like this: "so wot ru doin 2moz?me +my bro r goin 2town dats so cool like...
... I think most likely the kid in the article was fully aware that they were "breaking" the rules, and thus were doing something creative, interesting, and...
I get the feeling that if Shavian had actually become our writing system 50 years ago, many of the people who are interested in it now would be the ones trying...
Go backwards? Never! I would be pushing to drop the naming dot and reforming English grammar. Meanwhile, I would be using the traditional rules as long as...
I had to think long and hard about this. You have to look at history first. Most writing revolutions were put into place by persons of the royal or religious...
Hi Craig Much as I venerate Kingsley Read and the other pioneers of the Shavian Alphabet, I realize they are dead and we must take responsibility for keeping...
... While I wholeheartedly agree with the label "eccentrics", I wouldn't see myself advocating for going back to the old way. English TO has, without...
Hello, everyone. My name is Ethan, and I'm totally new to the group. I've been using the Shavian alphabet off and on for a couple years since I discovered it...
Hi Ethan Yikes! I didn't notice they'd got the 'nun' character as 'run'. I think members of the Unicode inclusion 'team' read this list - they will hopefully...
Hi Scott Sorry to take so long to respond. I have been moving to a new home so for a short while, I have been responsible for two residences. I feel schizoid....
... Paul: I am an attorney, and I draft legal documents all the time. When I was in law school studying wills and estates, my professor cautioned us against...
Paul and Paige, Actually, I've been a computer programmer for the past 20 years, and am currently doing most of my work in databases and internet protocols, so...
Are we trying to use shavian to confuse envagle and obfuscate our friends? I thought it was a means of communication that we want to propogate for use by the...
... I know exactly how you feel, and I have reached the same conclusion. I hope this doesn't sound too elitist, but I have resigned myself that most people,...
... I have to agree, Shavian should be encouraged as a means of communication for the masses, rather than as a means of secure writing, which really can only...
My point exactly, Ethan. But perhaps if we use in in our everyday dealings, then those around us will be intrigued by it. It is this interest that we need to...
I like the idea behind restricted alphabed very much, though I rather not call it "restricted" (it just sounds so -- restrictive). As a Mid-Western American,...
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the shavian group: I worry that some of the Shavian letters might look too similar. Do you think they...
Hi Allegro Thanks for your understanding and acceptence. The American Shaw subset focuses on American West coast or Mid-west accent simply because that accent...
... I'm not sure where you are finding these numbers. there is also not just one southern accent. there are at least three distinct southern accents and local...
... From: Star Raven ... For purposes of generalisation, there is a dialect referred to by phonologists as "General American". It is referred to in almost...
Thanks for bring up that point. I hadn't thought about such readers. With them in mind, I would reccomend keeping all of the letters for those who with to...
Hi Star I hunted around on the Internet, and found an opinion on the various American accents (dialects?). I hope it provides a good compromise point of view....
True that the paper shows thought, but is it fair? Who wrote it, and with what background? the downside of the internet is that I could have a website that is...
Hi Star Thanks for admitting that question of multiple American English accents is a side issue and we should concentrate on teaching students to write their ...
... I want to mention a bit about my personal accent, which, being Midwestern American, is just about as close to General American as you'll find in general...
