Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Here’s How You Can Tell if You are a True Book Lover
A week from today, 10 am-5 pm, the Union-Tribune and KPBS, both of whom I’ve worked with , will launch our city’s second annual
To Honor a PGA Centennial, Take This Golf Course
***Read an extraordinary poem by a high school student*** *** Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Oscar Wilde defined it as a
Is the English Language Prejudiced Against Women?
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Cleaning out a drawer, I found an envelope with newspaper clippings from 1944-1960 that had stories about relatives and friends. In
Local Granny and Granddaughter Dispute Grammar
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: My granddaughter, who is a college senior, tells me that as long as one can understand the meaning of what a person
Our High-tech World Alters Our Words and Phrases
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Now that the white board has all but replaced the old blackboard, what should we use to describe something irritating as
How Cartoons and Comic Strips Shape Our Language
Next week, Comic-Con returns to San Diego, where, back in August 1970, it began life as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in the
Are You Guilty of Phubbing the People Around You?
“Have Smart Phones Destroyed a Generation?” asks SDSU psychologist Jean M. Twenge in a recent Atlantic magazine article. She concludes that, in many ways,
A July 4th Declaration of Linguistic Independence
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to improvise new words to catch and crystallize the new realities
Here’s the Take-Away on the Verbs ‘Bring’ and ‘Take’
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I wonder if you might write something about the two verbs bring and take? There is a dreadful trend at the