Hi John, That's okay. Originally, Kingley Read in Androcles and the Lion, mentioned to use the spellings from that volume when the time came to formalized...
... According to the numbers found at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/lan_eng_spe Native English speakers per country, 1984 estimates - UK: 55 million US:...
Hi Paul, Congratulations, on your Revised Shaw Abjad making it to www.omniglot.com . I'll do my best to learn it, like I am doing with Quikscript. best of...
What's this "Abjad"? What does it mean, and why does it not appear anywhere on www.shawalphabet.com? P.S. Paul I still think it shouldn't say "Shaw Alphabet...
... www.shawalphabet.com? An abjad is like an alphabet, but it doesn't explicitly indicate vowels with their own letters. They may use place holders or...
Damn this... It looks like Windows XP's character map application doesn't support supplementary Unicode characters. Which means I can't view the Shavian ...
Took a look at the site and was very confused... That's not the shaw I know and love... 48 letters, plus /hw/ (on occasion) that's what I'm familliar with. But...
Further confusion on my part... this does not actually answer the question, IMHO. And to me it is just confusing shaw with squiggles... and complicated...
... The website is very confusing because it seems to be promoting an alphabet calling it the Shaw (Shavian) alphabet. The names of the letters are wrong, as...
Hi Carl Don't forget India, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Altogether they have more Second Lnguage English Speakers than America, and their accent is closer to the...
Hi Scott Sorry for all the confusion. Frankly, I was surprised to find the Revised Shaw Abjad on the Omniglot Web-page so quickly. I really do have to thank...
Hi Scott The Shaw Alphabet doesn't really have names for the letters. It provides a sample word, but I wouldn't really call it a name, so a provided some names...
Inline Reply below ... Credit where credit is due, you are working towards the same goal, if your method is not what we are used to. I was never one to...
Hi Paul, You are Right. I responded to Ethan on this. I agree that there should be a standard of spelling for each English-speaking Nation. best of regards, ...
... [snip] ... There are a lot of writing systems that represent words without clearly indicating pronunciation. Usually, different or modified spelling is...
Speaking of fonts, I'm working on a Garamond style font that should be great for printing. But I can't get my copy of FontLab registered. I'll have to figure...
The number of speakers of Indian English (the politically correct term now is "Third World English" probably exceeds the number of North American speakers, or...
Hi Star & Joe Thanks Star for your vote of confidence. It is one of my my favorite activities to participate in this roundtable discussion. Nice to feel ...
... It is true that children learn the language first, but they will inevitably encounter many words they don't recognize already. They do tend to start...
I'm just wondering . . . . Why not just add vowel placeholders to the current Shavian alphabet? What's the need to rework the other letters if you expect...
Hello Do you not think this argument is spurious? How far can one go in totting up numbers and dividing them into "national dialects"? Will it ever produce...
Hello I hate to be a rotten apple, but surely this is a backstep? You have taken a phonemic alphabet and created from it a phonetic abjad. Why? Thanks Joseph ...
Hi Joseph I think Carl in his enthusiasm to spread the word on the benefits the Shaw Alphabet has jumped in with a naive attempt to correct the Achilles Heel...
Hi Joe You are absolutely correct. Ideally, the Original Shaw Alphabet, should be totally consistent and upwardly compatible with the Revised Shaw Abjad. That...
Hi Joe Sorry to bow out. I am going to be busy with the holidays for the next 3 days. Just when things where getting exciting. I'll Talk later. Here is my last...
... From: "j_brg" <stetsdigs@...> ... We've been here before, many times... While I agree that people should be free to use the alphabet as they wish ...
