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Australian businessman has invented new, 27th, letter for English alphabet. It is symbol to replace word "the". It looks like combination of capital "T" and lower case "h" (Ћ). However, "new" letter looks same as letter from Serbian language. Paul Mathis believes many people will like his idea. It is already available for download on Apple's iTunes. Mathis is hoping mobile phone, tablet and computer makers will add letter to their keyboards. He invested $35,000 in his app, but so far Apple has shown little interest. He told "Sydney Morning Herald": "Is this going to change world? Not really. But is it something that might be useful for people? I think so."

Mr Mathis believes new character is useful because it replaces most common word in English language – "the". He said it will save people time when they type because they only need to use one key instead of three needed for each letter of the word "the". He argued that other words have their own character. He pointed out that word "and" has its own symbol - ampersand (&) and that is only fifth most common word. Mathis also says his new symbol will help "in texting space" such as Twitter or texts where there is limited number of characters. Not everyone agrees with Mathis. Computer experts don't think manufacturers will change their keyboards or operating systems.