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When I bought mine a few years' back it didn't seem so scarce as it is now. I can't remember if I got mine off eBay or in a charity shop. I don't know where you are located, but the book was the UK Penguin print from 1962 titled ‘The Shaw Alphabet Edition of Androcles and the Lion’. All I can really suggest is to check on eBay with that title every couple of weeks and hope it pops up. It goes anywhere from £5 to £40 from what I've seen. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

English doesn’t need a different alphabet. It’s perfectly fine as it is. If people can learn to read and write Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Farsi and others, then English shouldn’t be a problem. I really don’t understand this fascination with modifying English to make it “easier”.

As you say, it would be impossible to implement today, not least because of the spread of the English language (socially and geographically). I think the changing of an entire alphabet - such as occurred during the reign of King Sejong the Great of Korea and the creation of Hangul - could only occur and be practical in a relatively enclosed society with very limited literacy in the first place as less people would need to learn the new system and those that do learn it would be of a scholarly class anyway who have both time and resources to commit to such a project. Modern English is how it is, with all its glorious utility and humorous traps of spelling and pronunciation. There is, of course, nothing wrong with suggesting alternatives, like Shaw did, and they are diverting intellectual exercises at the very least. But it is too late to swap out the current English alphabet wholesale; it will just continue to evolve and change a little and gradually like it has for centuries.

​@@Adam-326i can only speak from personal experience. I learned this alphabet so i can write and record my work notes much faster. As i have to take notes while engaging with peopleand systems in the field.

Well no, they're very different. Esperanto is still used to connect people across the globe. It's still spoken and used to this day. While Shavian pretty much laid dormant for decades. Sadly it's fight is very different. English is so varied now that it's impossible to make a reform with them all in mind.

​@@phantasoscope This woulb be useful for writing diaries. I gave up keeping one after getting in trouble for expressing my frustrations in it. My mother would have only kinown about then if she read it. Another time I caught her reading it when I came home from school. it's a bygone from a long time ago. I did learn to be more careful about who I trust, from the experience.

He knew of it, but he wanted a more efficiently structured alphabet

Thank you :) I am a tad on the sloooooowwwww side of things with these OTBRs, but that doesn't mean I'm not working on them.

7M Phonemic Alphabet: [uppercase]: H, U, Ŋ, G, I, N, V, ᐱ, ⴳ D, W, E, Ћ, Z, R, P, T K, L, Q, F, S, M, A, X Y, O, J, ᖶ,Ђ, B, Ů, C and Ɂ (glottal stop) [lower case]: h, u, ŋ, g, i, n, v, ʌ, ⴳ d, w, ε, ћ, z, r, p, t k, l, q, f, s, m, a, x y, o, j, e, ѣ, b, ů, c and ɂ (glottal stop) 7M to IPA to Current English Table: 7M | IPA | Current English h | h | hat, [h]at u | ə | mud, m[u]d ŋ | ŋ | sing, si[ng] g | g | get, [g]et i | ɪ | sit, s[i]t n | n | nap, [n]ap v | v | very, [v]ery ʌ | ɑ | not, n[o]t ⴳ | ʒ | measure, mea[s]ure -------------------------------------------------------- d | d | dot, [d]ot w | w | wet, [w]et ε | i | feet, f[ee]t ћ | ð | smooth, smoo[th] z | z | zip, [z]ip r | ɹ | dirt, d[ir]t p | p | pet, [p]et t | t | tub, [t]ub -------------------------------------------------------- k | k | kite, [k]ite l | l | little, [l]itt[le]* q | u | loop, l[oo]p f | f | fig, [f]ig s | s | sit, [s]it m | m | man, [m]an a | æ | cat, c[a]t x | ʃ | dish, di[sh] -------------------------------------------------------- y | j | yellow, [y]ellow o | o̞ | note, n[o]te j | d͡ʒ | judge, [j]u[dg]e e | e | get, g[e]t ѣ | θ | tooth, too[th] b | b | bed, [b]ed ů | ʊ | put, p[u]t c | t͡ʃ | chat, [ch]at and ɂ (glottal stop) crc = church *The letter /L/ represents both a consonant form & a vowel form. Ten pure vowels [no diphthongs]: 7M(U I Λ E R Q A O ᖶ Ů u i ʌ ε r q a o e ů) IPA(ə ɪ ɑ i [ɹ] u æ o̞ e ʊ) 2 additional vowels with no glyphs Dark L /ɫ/ and raised /æ/ This IPA nuttiness will clearly not work for everyday handwriting: ʊ, d͡ʒ, t͡ʃ, o̞, æ, ð, ʒ, ə, ɪ, ɚ

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The advantage of my system is that it doesn't require learning all new letters. Most of the letters maintain their current associations with speech sounds. Little Timmy 1st Grader will be correct now when he spells 'cat' k-a-t or 'does' d-u-z or 'what' w-u-t. It's very intuitive once you learn the grapheme to phoneme associations. The challenge of spelling words almost disappears. It also enlightens the student about how speech works. It's like learning music and being able to identify notes except you identify the individual speech sounds of words.

@@7MPhonemicEnglish interesting! I'm not familiar with phonetics but was still able to follow along. But I really like how Shavian looks! So many possibilities!

Ah-MEE-chee, rather.

Thank you for watching :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video

Thank you for your kind words :) When I was approaching this documentary I was coming from two angles: first, a sincere fondness for the performances of Tyrone Power; second, an academic interest in star personas within the Hollywood studio system of the era. Although it is far from perfect, I think this combination of respect for the person and understanding of the specific historical context he lived in worked in the video's favour. I agree with you that the challenges a star faces is part of their story and should not glossed over (or over-dramatised). I'm glad that you found the video interesting

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Thank you for your kind words about the video :) Yes, his subtly and self-critical nature created timeless performances that hopefully can be enjoyed and admired for generations to come. I just wish that the films would be more widely re-released and shown (here in the UK I think there are only 6 of his films on Blu-Ray (fortunately two of those are "Nightmare Alley" and "Witness for the Prosecution")).

@@phantasoscope Not at all. Thank you! :)

Thank you for your kind words :) He was such a wonderful actor, my favourite of old Hollywood, and I hope I've done his story justice

That's an ironic and funny mistake I love it. 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑯𐑫𐑥𐑚𐑻 𐑢𐑩𐑯!

@@IN-pr3lw Indeed, considering the subject relates to phonetics. It was daft of me, and I'll try to avoid such mistakes in the future as best I can (but no promises). Thank you for putting up with it throughout the video :)

Thank you for watching :)

He was such a wonderful talent

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I'm not going to claim much knowledge of the origins of the numerals themselves, but they are commonly refered to as 'Arabic numerals' so it is in that sense that I'm using the name. As I understand it, there is also some argument that Roman numerals did not originate in Rome. I hope that clarifies why I used the term, simply a matter of common usage for ease of understanding. Thank you for watching :)

@@phantasoscope Essentially what happened is the Arab traders were the middle-men that took the numeral system from east to west. Westerners simply assumed they'd invented them, I suppose.

Yes, they originated in India, but the Arabs learned it from the Indians, and the Europeans learned it from the Arabs, which is why they're referred to as "Arabic numerals" in English and other European languages today. (This is no different than much of the world thinking that tomatoes and tobacco are European (because the Europeans introduced them to the world through trade and colonization) when in reality, they're American-South American, to be specific.) They're also called "Hindu-Arabic numerals" in some instances to give proper credit where it is due. To add to the confusion, they're distinct from the Eastern Arabic numerals, which are also called Arabic-Hindu numerals, which refer to the symbols used in Arabic to denote 0...9 that are different from the popular ones. Furthermore, the popular ones are not called "Hindu numerals" or "Indian numerals" because the symbols for the numbers are different again among many of the Indic languages as compared to popular ones.

That's wonderful, thank you! I'm glad you found the subject of interest

Thank you for watching! I'm glad I could offer some new information on TP and his career :)

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) Tyrone Power's Hollywood story is such a fascinating one