打字时输入“the”太麻烦？用“Ћ”代替吧
<p>澳大利亚墨尔本的餐馆老板保罗•马西斯最近创造出一个新字母“Ћ”来代替单词“<span word="the">the</span>”, 如今他正在游说苹果公司让他在<span word="iTunes">iTunes</span>商店里推广关于新字母“Ћ”的应用软件。马西斯表示，他的发明并不重要，更不会改变世界，但是对大众来说很实用。马西斯说，“<span word="the">the</span>”是英语中使用频率最高的单词，缩减成一个字母将会使人们在使用社交网站和打字时更加快捷。英语中最常用的前五个单词是<span word="the">the</span>, <span word="be">be</span>, <span word="to">to</span>, <span word="of">of</span>, <span word="and">and</span>，其中排在第五名的“<span word="and">and</span>”已有符号“&”来表示，“&”有时直接被当成英文字母表中的第27个字母。</p><p>马西斯30年来在澳大利亚各地开了20多家餐馆和酒店，人送外号“麦得斯”（希腊神话中佛里吉亚的国王，能点物成金）。这次马西斯投资38,000澳元（约合人民币21.4万元）开发这款应用软件，虽然之前遭到苹果公司拒绝，他仍在努力改变他们的决定。</p><p><span word="Paul">Paul</span> <span word="Mathis">Mathis</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="restaurateur">restaurateur</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Melbourne">Melbourne</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="owns">owns</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="string">string</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="establishments">establishments</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> “Ћ” – <span word="representing">representing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> “<span word="the">the</span>”. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="lobbying">lobbying</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="promote">promote</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="app">app</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="features">features</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="character">character</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="iTunes">iTunes</span> <span word="store">store</span>.</p><p>“<span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="important">important</span>?” <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Sydney">Sydney</span> <span word="Morning">Morning</span> <span word="Herald">Herald</span>. “<span word="No">No</span>. <span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>? <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="really">really</span>.</p><p>“<span word="But">But</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span>? <span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="so">so</span>.”</p>
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