Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
I’m button-burstingly proud to announce that you’re reading my 500th column in the Union Tribune. Inspired by this milestone (never a millstone), I celebrate our
The Union-Tribune’s 7th Festival of Books will return to USD’s gorgeous campus on Saturday, August 19, 10 am-5 pm. The Festival is our city’s
Savor this unusual column, which contains this paragraph you now look upon. How quickly can you find out what is so uncommon about it?
DEAR RICHARD: When I answer the phone and the caller says they would like to speak to Selena, what is my proper response? —
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I was gobsmacked (a fun word too) to hear for the first time the word bafflegab, which means exactly what it
Brand names spring from the practice of branding animals — and human beings — to indicate ownership. A product that is “brand new” is
First, they came for the adverbs, and I said nothing, even though I knew that this action did not bode good for our language.
I’m button-burstingly proud to announce that today marks the 11th anniversary of my sharing “Lederer on Language” with you word-loving, verbivorous readers. So I’m
Peter Fitzgerald, of Imperial Beach, shares his take on punning with a Shakespearean twist: “All the world’s a pun and all the men and
Welcome to the website woven for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores. Carnivores eat meat; herbivores eat plants and vegetables; verbivores devour words. If you are heels over head (as well as head over heels) in love with words, tarry here a while to graze or, perhaps, feast on the English language. Ours is the only language in which you drive in a parkway and park in a driveway and your nose can run and your feet can smell.
