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The Shavian alphabet and the book published using it both occurred after Shaw died. His estate funded a trust to accomplish those things; Shaw never saw either
by stonogo 8y ago
The Shavian alphabet and the book published using it both occurred after Shaw died. His estate funded a trust to accomplish those things; Shaw never saw either.
- cooper12 8y agoThe sad part is that Shaw devoted a sizable part of his estate towards establishing the script, but after debtors and everyone else was done with it, there were only enough funds to publish one book (Shaw's Androcles and the Lion)... To think we might have made maybe even a tiny step towards English orthography reform...