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October 30, 2021
The Irish tell a story about a notorious drunkard and trickster named Jack. He couldn’t enter heaven because he was a miser, and he
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
The Irish tell a story about a notorious drunkard and trickster named Jack. He couldn’t enter heaven because he was a miser, and he
Today is National Dictionary Day, traditionally celebrated on the birthday of Noah Webster (1758-1843), who, in 1806, gifted our young nation with his Compendious
When I was a callow youth, my neighborhood buddies and I used to sing a learned lyric that played around with levels of diction:
DEAR RICHARD: I grew up on a steady diet of proverbs. They aren’t heard as often nowadays, but they bring back memories of simpler times.
Most occupational titles are self-explanatory: A teacher teaches, a preacher preaches, a gardener gardens and a writer writes. But the origins of some job names
On Monday of last week, I toted some books to my local Post Office. As I waited in line, I noticed a computer-printed sign
The fifth annual Feastival of Books will take place virtually on Saturday, August 21, 10 am-5 pm. For information about this bibliophilic event, click
A thousand thanks to you verbivorous readers for your billowy mailbag of more than 200 entries responding to my call for innovative group nouns,
You know that a bunch of sheep crowded together is a flock, a group of antelope loping together a herd, a cluster of fish swimming