I didn't find the title at all confusing. I found the Fowler excerpts wonderful, I've downloaded it to read already. Thanks! But :-) I didn't understand how on

I didn't find the title at all confusing. I found the Fowler excerpts wonderful, I've downloaded it to read already. Thanks! But :-) I didn't understand how on earth he could say "Johnson himself was the first to prove that there was little in the way of drudgery in the task of the lexicographer". Does he know how many years of toil it took him? Maybe he just means "It's not a dull book to read", I can't imagine what else.