Why A Symbol For 'The' Probably Won't Take Off

An Australian restaurant owner wants to replace the most common word in the English language, "the," with a new symbol. He wants to create more space for typing, texting and Twitter. But will this character be as popular as the ampersand, which sometimes replaces "and" with the symbol "&"?

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/07/14/200739101/why-a-symbol-for-the-probably-wont-take-off?ft=1&f=1019

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