Planet Word Museum to open in Washington DC
October 17, 2020
There are plenty of museums that house visual art. Now words are finally getting their due. The 51,000-square foot interactive museum dedicated to words
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
There are plenty of museums that house visual art. Now words are finally getting their due. The 51,000-square foot interactive museum dedicated to words
Colors color our language — and that is not just a pigment of my imagination. Think of the words we use to describe how
We Americans are caught in the grip of a feverish, frenetic, fervent, frantic and frenzied presidential campaign that demonstrates why in England people stand
DEAR RICHARD: I am old, a few months from 90. So I have time to wander and ponder things., both significant and silly. Recently
The Union-Tribune’s Festival of Books will transpire next Saturday, August 29, 10 am – 5 pm. This will be the U-T’s first virtual celebration
DEAR RICHARD: Perhaps you can find a place in your column for this anonymous poetic definition of a pun. -Rick Miles, Sorrento Valley Two
Very early in our lives as language users we start taking great pleasure in repeating playful sounds. In the crib and romper room we
What do these words have in common: bash, clash, crash, dash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, slash, smash, thrash and trash? “The words all
For the foreseeable future, my “Lederer on Language” column will appear every other week starting April 11. 2020. The reason is that California Administrative Bill