In Giraffic Park We Celebrate the Highest form of Life
June 15, 2019
Friday, June 21, is World Giraffe Day, which celebrates the towering wonders that share our planet. Giraffe Day is an initiative of the Giraffe
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Friday, June 21, is World Giraffe Day, which celebrates the towering wonders that share our planet. Giraffe Day is an initiative of the Giraffe
Please write down all the adjectives you can think of to describe someone who is very intelligent. Chances are that among your answers are
Recently, I wrote a column about bilingual redundancies, such as “the La Mesa Library.” In the billowy mail bag of responses, this analysis gleamed
Because we English speakers seem to have our heads screwed on backwards, we constantly misperceive our bodies, often saying just the opposite of what
Two weeks ago. I paid tribute to the teachers who change our lives one day, one lesson and one inspiring word at a time.
Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of my sharing my words about words in this space with you, my wordstruck readers. You’re the cream in
One of my favorite newspaper corrections reads: “It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt Appreciation Week. It is actually Teacher Appreciation
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I read your announcement about your forthcoming visit to our local library here in La Mesa. You refer to “the La
Happy Earth Day to all of you this Monday, April 22. In 1970, the first Earth Day began a “grassroots” effort to recognize each year