澳餐馆老板推广新字母1035;代替the-英语新闻-文化教育-.docVIP

澳餐馆老板推广新字母amp;#1035;代替the更多英语新闻-文化教育- 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“?”来代替单词“the”。“the”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。 Paul Mathis, a restaurateur from Melbourne who owns a string of dining establishments, has designed the letter “?” – representing the word “the”. Paul Mathis, a restaurateur from Melbourne who owns a string of dining establishments, has designed the letter ? – representing the word the. Now he is lobbying Apple to allow him to promote his app, which features the new character, in its iTunes store. Is this important? he said, in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald. No. Is this going to change the world? Not really. But is it something that might be useful for people? I think so. Mr Mathis, who has opened more than 20 restaurants and hotels across Australia in a career spanning three decades, is known as Mr Midas for his ability to create booming venues. He currently owns and runs six restaurants in the city. Yet in a move to branch out（扩展范围） of the food business, the entrepreneur has invested AUS $38,000 (￡23,500) in the new app, but has so far been rejected by Apple. He is hoping he can change their mind, pointing out that reducing the word the – the most used word in the English language – to one character would be helpful for Twitter and swift typing. The word and is only the fifth-most used word in English and it has its own symbol – the ampersand, said Mr Mathis. Isnt it time we accorded the same respect to the? The top five most commonly used words in the English language are said to be: the, be, to, of, and and. The ampersand has at times been used as the 27th letter of the English alphabet. The Benedictine monks developed the modern version of the ampersand in the Middle Ages, when they were hand-copying religious texts. Im not putting myself in the same league, but who knows – maybe in 500 years time people will be amazed that there was a time when we didnt use th. 本文章由东方宅急送/