Safari Park Inspires a Menagerie of Beastly Words
July 6, 2013
Being both a bird watcher and a word botcher, I take my grandchildren every summer to the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, where we
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Being both a bird watcher and a word botcher, I take my grandchildren every summer to the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, where we
The Second Continental Congress officially adopted our flag on June 14, 1777. The law read “that the flag of the 13 United States be 13
Dear Mr. Lederer: A U-T article headlined “Transgender woman sues BLM” included the following sentence: ‘Though she had drank two beers, she said she
A June 4, 2013, U-T article included this sentence: “Mayor Bob Filner said Monday he is moving forward with his plan to remove most cars
This coming Thursday afternoon, I will have the privilege of visiting Downtown Rotary Club 33, one of the largest Rotary Clubs west of the
The word alphabet is a joining of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta. The Greeks inherited their letters from the
Dear Mr. Lederer: Watching college football this afternoon, my husband and I witnessed an interesting play where the snap was bad, the kicker grabbed the
Some people lament that speaking and writing these days are simply a collection of faddish clichés patched together like the sections of prefabricated houses made
It’s been a year that I’ve had the surpassing privilege of sharing “Lederer on Language” with you, my verbivorous readers. This first anniversary provides