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The Festival of Books celebrates news that stays news
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
Light verse from U-T readers will lighten your day
DEAR RICHARD: Perhaps you can find a place in your column for this anonymous poetic definition of a pun. -Rick Miles, Sorrento Valley Two
All about handy dandy, super duper rhyming words
Very early in our lives as language users we start taking great pleasure in repeating playful sounds. In the crib and romper room we
Stop, Look and Listen to the Sounds of Our Language
What do these words have in common: bash, clash, crash, dash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, slash, smash, thrash and trash? “The words all
no column this week
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
A 4th of July Commemoration of Presidential Words
In the 1830s, in New England, there was a craze for initialisms, in the manner of FYI, PDQ, OMG and TGIF, so popular today.
No column this week
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
Your Resident Grammar Guru Answers Your Questions
DEAR RICHARD: In the U-T Sports section, I noticed that one of the articles was headlined “Magic Talks About Kobe’s Affect on L.A., Beyond,
No column this week
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