The Joy of Lex, by Catriona

It's blogger's choice (Why does that make me thing of Rapper's Delight? Who knows.) and first up I need to credit Prof Katie Wales for the title. She was my boss at the University of Leeds in the late nineties and she was one of the bright spots in a grim few years. As soon as I saw her Mickey Mouse earrings and heard what she had called her book on lexicography, I knew she was a good'un.

Anyway, words were in my mind for two reasons over the last few days. First, I found out that the chemotherap...