It Really is a Crime the Way That Some People Spell
March 18, 2017
This Thursday, the Union-Tribune will hold its annual countywide spelling bee. On the model of the collectively busy bee, we call these events spelling
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
This Thursday, the Union-Tribune will hold its annual countywide spelling bee. On the model of the collectively busy bee, we call these events spelling
Since January 1926, the award-winning magazine published by the San Diego Zoological Society has been titled ZOONOOZ. It’s a bedazzling, beguiling and bewitching name
Believe it or not, March 6 annually marks National Dentists Day. Dentists might not be the most popular people, but we all need them
The 89th presentation of the Academy Awards will unfold tomorrow evening. If you’re a fan of “La La Land” or “Hidden Figures” “Manchester by the
A number of readers of this wordstruck column remember, from back in those school days, school days, dear old golden rule days, the challenges and
Valentine’s Day probably originated from the ancient Roman Feast of Lupercalia. On the eve of that festival, the names of Roman girls were written on
Dear Richard Lederer: My two-year-old granddaughter came in from the beach, shed her swimsuit and said, “I’m naked!” Momma said, “Naked as what?” She
Last week, more than one-third of House Democrats boycotted the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president. Such a collective action raises (not
Dear Richard Lederer: For many years, my grandmother resided in a nursing home. When she developed a serious fever, an ambulance was called. One