English phonetic scripts

Would phonetic scripts such as the Shavian or Deseret alphabets (check Wikipedia) be any good for English? I see them as good replacements for the current alphabet, but the actual change could be hugely impractical.

On the other hand, Shavian has a letter named loll, which is almost like lol, so I say we switch right now. What say you?

I started using Alphabet 26 for a while, a few months ago. Just to be cute. Perhaps I should take that up again.

Anyway, I guess it'd be cool to change to the Shavian alphabet (hypothetically, of course). It would also be interesting to just switch to IPA characters...You'd be able to hear the writing, in a sense. "Correct" spellings would dwindle. I wonder how that would turn out.

English written with Finnish alphabetical values. Believe it or not, this would actually reflect true English pronunciation better than the current system.

"Wud fonetik skripts sach ääs tö Sheiviön oor Desöret älfabets (chek Wikipiidia) bii eni guud foor inglish? Ai sii thöm ääs guud ripleisments foor thö körent älfabet, bat thi äkchual cheinch cud bii hiuchli impräktikol.

Aan thi athör häänd, Sheiviön hääs a letör neimd loll, wich is oolmoust laik lol, sou Ai sei wii swich rait nau. Wat sei yuu?"

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"Ai started yuusing älfabet 26 foor a wail, a fiu months agou. Jast tu bii kiut. Pörhäps Ai shud teik thät ap agen.

Eniwei, Ai ges it'd bii kuul to cheinch tu thö Sheivian älfabet (haipothetikli, af cors). It wud olsou bii intöresting tu jast swich to IPA käräktörs... Yuu'd bii eibl tu hiör thö raiting, in a sens. "Korekt" spelings wud dwindl. I wandör hau thät wud törn aut."

Use IPA, not these mud-based alphabets.

Spoilers: They're not mud.

But srsly, as much as I like IPA, I don't think it'd work, since it's so complicated to the average speaker.

I think the diphtong characters used in Shavian would work quite well, actually.