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Shavian is an alternate alphabet for English created by Ronald Kingsley Read, with 48 letters. Each letter has only one sound, compared to typical Latin-script English, which has one E sound in edit, another in curve, a third in lived, and so on. There are no known people who were taught Shavian English before Latin English.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not used by people who suck ass at spelling and retreat like a hermit to Shavian to claim dominance over knowing a script most do not. However, a small yet dedicated group of people use Shavian in their day-to-day and scoff every time they see something in Latin English.
My dear citizens, today we make English's official script Shavian.
Shavian by mrqwerty567 July 29, 2025
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A rare and exotic Italian flower.
People name their kids Shavina, without knowing what it means!
Shavina by flower master October 26, 2016
Shaiann is a beautiful girl who tries to make everyone happy. A lot of people take her for advantage. She the one who's always smiling but hides so many secrets. If you have a Shaiann keep her
1- is thats shaiann? She's beautiful

2- yeah she is.
Shaiann by SnowFlak3 March 14, 2014

yak shaving 

Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
origin: MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.
yak shaving by Brandon April 4, 2005
The most amazing female that ever walked the earth, truly unique and wonderful. Shavana means the feminine part of god... that says it all!
Shavana....Females want to be her, Males want to do her!
Shavana by Loonytoon July 6, 2011

Shaianne 

A beautiful girl with a great sense of humor. Shes cute, pretty, and has great hair. She has a great personality. She is every guys dream.
Guy 1: "Dude did you see that girl?"
Guy 2: "Yeah that's Shaianne."
Guy 1: "Damn shes beautiful."
Shaianne by BinderBridgett March 21, 2012