Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
A Late-Edition Dictionary for the Upcoming Expo
Next Saturday, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Town & Country Hotel in Mission Valley, the U-T will offer its 9th annual Successful
For All Intensive Purposes, Hone in on Faulty Phrases
As a former Usage Editor of a major dictionary, I am pleased to present a special usage column designed to whet your appetite —
Readers Share a Magnificent Obsession With Books
My recent column, “Here’s How You Can Tell If You Are a True Book Lover,” generated a billowing mail bag of luminous responses, so
San Diego Raises the Bard for Shakespeare’s Sonnets
William Shakespeare is alive and well and living robustly in America’s Finest City. On Monday, October 8, starting at 7:30 pm, the San Diego
Celebrating the Power of Books to Enrich Our Lives
Here are readers’ statements about books. The August 25 Union-Tribune Festival of Books, set in Liberty Station attracted between 15,000 and 20,000 book lovers.
The Readers Weigh in About Sexism in Our Language
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Regarding your recent column about language bias against women, I will be delighted when the Museum of Man is called something
Grandkids Never Fail to say the Darnedest Things
In early September each year, Americans celebrate National Grandparents Day, to honor the many contributions that grandmothers and grandfathers make to humanity. It was
A Labor Day Display of Words That Mean Business
In bygone days, an essential part of a wandering peddlers’ business was the buying and selling of old gold. To test the value of
What’s in a Name? A Cornucopia of Power and Joy
I, Richard Henry Lederer (which means “powerful estate ruler leather worker”), will bet the farm, my bippie, and my bottom dollar that you, valued