Our Melodious English Language is Music to Our Ears
August 31, 2019
William Shakespeare began his comedy Twelfth Night with the line “If music be the food of love, play on!” About a century later, William
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William Shakespeare began his comedy Twelfth Night with the line “If music be the food of love, play on!” About a century later, William
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two essentially different objects or ideas, expressly indicated by words such as like or as,
Enjoy these four lines of wisdom written by San Diego’s own Dr. Seuss: The more that you read, The more that you know. The
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: A question has come up concerning the origins of expressions that are considered racist. Have you run into any controversy about
For much of this year we have been jubilantly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. We particularly rejoice
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker, a succession of high-stakes poker tournaments played in Lost Wages, Nevada. As
Dear Readers: Your over and above and far and away enthusiastic response to last month’s column about redundancies has inspired me to write another
RIDDLER REACHER at your service. That’s a full anagram of my name, Richard Lederer. Riddles have riddled humanity for millennia. Even 4,000 years ago,
We usually think of rhyme as a musical device found only in poems. But, in fact, rhyme is the name of the game. Rhyme