Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
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- Jonathan Ive, the guy who probably designed the thing you’re using to look at this picture
• About how the vocabulary to describe nature has been shrinking and the quest to preserve the old words? (Some British words for “icicle”: “aquabob,” “clinkerbell anddaggler,” “cancervell,” “ickle,” “tankle,” “shuckle.” And “ungive” means “thaw” in Northamptonshire and East Anglia.) —Aimee Levitt
• That young Republicans overwhelmingly favor the legalization of pot? —Mick Dumke
