An Exhibit Of Beastly Misnomers In Our Language
June 11, 2016
As part of my monthly series honoring the centennial of our world-famous San Diego Zoo, here’s a chance to test your knowledge of our fellow
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
As part of my monthly series honoring the centennial of our world-famous San Diego Zoo, here’s a chance to test your knowledge of our fellow
This is the time of year when teachers send parents evaluations of their children’s academic and social progress. Here are some school reports about famous
I am a freelance writer of magazine and newspaper pieces. That means that I write these articles on a fee-paid assignment basis rather than on
Dear Mr. Lederer: I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend in the Union-Tribune, namely, incorrect hyphenation between print lines. For example, front page today’s (5/5) newspaper
Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender asks, “Olive or twist?” Over the past several decades many jokes have featured
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional
In last week’s column I commemorated the death of William Shakespeare 400 years ago, on April 23, 1616. The cause of the Bard’s exiting the
Little information about William Shakespeare’s personal life is available, but from municipal records we can deduce that he was born in the English village of
Happy Earth Day to all of you this Friday, April 22. In 1970, the first Earth Day began a “grassroots” effort to recognize each year