Richard Lederer's

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Welcome to the web site 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.

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• About Richard Lederer -- the skinny on Attila the Pun and Conan the Grammarian.
• Richard's Books -- explore my best-selling language and humor series.
• Speaking Engagements -- have tongue, will travel.
• Angry at -Gry - don't fall for this linguistic hoax.
• Looking at Language -- 'cerpts and excerpts from my columns and books (updated May 26, 2008).
• Looking at Language Archives -- where did Noah keep his bees? In the ark hives, of course. That's where my previous 'cerpts and excerpts reside.
• Verbivores' Havens -- organizations for pun pals and other logophiles.
• Language Links on the Net -- a list to whet (and wet) your language appetite (updated October 18, 2007).
• Ask Richard Lederer -- the doctor is in for linguistic consultation.