Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
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Last week I featured in this space the top puns in my capacious collection and invited your submissions. Within a few days in poured more
In America we celebrate just about everything, so it may come as no surprise to you that early each January, pun-up girls and pun gents
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Language lovers have long bewailed the sad state of pronunciation and articulation in the United States. Both in sorrow and in anger, speakers afflicted with
This month we celebrate the birth of the most universally famous of all literary characters — Sherlock Holmes, the world’s first consulting detective. The intrepid
Dear Mr. Lederer: Your delightful column on language reminded me of when I was away at camp in sixth grade. The letters I sent home