If you're a fan of Richard Lederer you might be interested to know that he's got a series of free (50 min) podcasts on itunes. I haven't listened to any yet, so I have no idea how good they are.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Dr. Lederer's work, he is an American author and teacher best known for his books on word play and the English language.
Lederer's interests include uncovering word origins, pointing out common grammatical errors and fallacies, and exploring palindromes, anagrams, and other forms of recreational wordplay.
His column, "Looking at Language", is syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States.
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Originally posted by rbmorrisVery interesting.
If you're a fan of Richard Lederer you might be interested to know that he's got a series of free (50 min) podcasts on itunes. I haven't listened to any yet, so I have no idea how good they are.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Dr. Lederer's work, he is an American author and teacher best known for his books on word play and the English languag ng at Language", is syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States.
I'd not heard of him before - I had to look him up.
For anyone else interested:
http://www.verbivore.com/index.htm
edit. just listened to a previous show from him - good stuff. Thanks.
http://www.kpbs.org/Radio/DynPage.php?id=2068