As much as I think English needs spelling reform, I don't think a brand new alphabet is the answer. In particular, the Shavian alphabet would be a nightmare for

As much as I think English needs spelling reform, I don't think a brand new alphabet is the answer. In particular, the Shavian alphabet would be a nightmare for people like me who had trouble with reversed letters as a child. (My mother was particularly amused when I once wrote "rubberband" as rudderdanb.) Symmetry between the voiced and unvoiced letters is cool in theory but a disaster for dyslexics like me.