The Shavian or Shaw alphabet is named after George Bernard Shaw and was devised by Kingsley Read. Shaw believed that the English language’s orthography (conventional spelling system) was cumbersome and inefficient, leading to difficulties in literacy. He saw use of the Latin alphabet for writing English as a great waste of time, energy and paper, so in his will he stipulated that a competition should be held to create a new writing system for English and made provision for a prize of £500. The competition took place in 1958 and Kingsley Read’s system was chosen as the winner out of the 467 entries.
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