Our Language is a Veritable Noah’s Ark of Animals
March 19, 2016
Celebrating the centennial of the most famous zoo in the US of A — ours, incorporated in December 1916 — I continue to offer a
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Celebrating the centennial of the most famous zoo in the US of A — ours, incorporated in December 1916 — I continue to offer a
I’m button-burstingly proud to announce that this installment of “Lederer on Language” is my 200th for the Union-Tribune. This is a good time, then, to
Some of our most alluring, astonishing and astounding words begin with the last letter of our alphabet: Zarf. Few people know that the holder for
The average American is bombarded daily with more than 1,600 commercial messages and by more than 50 million by the time he or she reaches
Dear Mr. Lederer: My complaint is about the oft misused word only. My late high school English teacher must ache in her grave about its
Valentine’s Day celebrates love. Love, it’s been said, makes the world go ‘round. Love also makes the ride worthwhile. Love is a many-splendored thing, and
In nine days begins the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Started in 1877 in New York City, it is, except for the Kentucky Derby, the
This month, presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a morning convocation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. During his address to a large evangelical audience, Trump
Riddler Reacher at your service. That’s an anagramof my real identity, Richard Lederer, a reshuffling of all the letters in my first and last name.