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Letter: Aim true

Published 10 July 2013

From Sam Warburton

Your articles on nudge, the art of subtle persuasion, used the example of the aim-inducing fly etched in urinals to ensure cleaner bathrooms (22 June, p 32). There is an earlier version: in the 19th century the picture was a bee. This combined practicality with a mild joke. The Latin for “bee” is Apis.

Penarth, South Glamorgan, UK

Issue no. 2925 published 13 July 2013

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