Online dictionary receives financial assist

[Mìcheal Beag]

of 2m pounds. Expected to take 30 years to complete.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-23448324

[Thrissel]

No 's dòcha fichead bliadhna a-mhàin?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/23464720

[faoileag]

I wish Am Faclair Beag would get some official recognition! Or even a mention!
It seems if you don't have funding, you don't have status.

[Mìcheal Beag]

No disrespect intended to Am Faclair Beag, which is one of my favorite sites.

[An Gobaire]

Faclair beag is a superb resource, the best there is, but as it is a result of the labours of only one or two people, one can still come across quite a lot of mistakes over the course of its use.

With the Faclair na Gàidhlig, one would hope that the final edition will have no mistakes whatsoever!!!

[Thrissel]

With the Faclair na Gàidhlig, one would hope that the final edition will have no mistakes whatsoever!!!

Bhiodh sin a' chiad leabhar den leithid san eachdraidh.

[Seonaidh]

...apart from the one what I wrote...

[Gràisg]

Saoil am bi aite son choimhearsnachd taobh a-muigh academia a bhith an sas den phroiseact a tha seo? A leithid don fheadhainn a tha air a bhith a toirt taic den Fhachlair Bheag gu ruige seo. Nam bheachdsa 'b e sin a' mhearachd na bu mhotha a rinn Am Bord le mobheurl.com - 's e sin coimhearsnachd a sheachnadh.

[Seonaidh]

Dè thachair ri mobheurla.rud?

[akerbeltz]

Faclair beag is a superb resource, the best there is, but as it is a result of the labours of only one or two people, one can still come across quite a lot of mistakes over the course of its use.

Thanks for all the kind words Glad to hear people are finding it useful.

Yes, there's bits in there which are wrong but by all means, drop me an email if you find something, the beauty of it is that I can fix instantly. We could open a thread for reporting mistakes.

Regarding the other dictionary, I think it's good news but it probably raises all sorts of wrong expectations. It's a historical dictionary, which most languages develop at some point, but it's not a tool for everyday use in any shape or form unless you're a linguist or lexicographer. They look a little bit like this (making a lot of it up, too late to go hunting for real examples):

chicken (n) fowl, usually the female of a species. Old English cycen. First recorded in Domesday Book 1066 fyrir cycen vuoron zi holza blablabla

Which is nice to know of course but of limited use to everyday users.

Dè thachair ri mobheurla.rud?

It was very quietly pulled.

[poor_mouse]

Glad to hear people are finding it useful.

Na cuir Am Faclair Beag ann an neo-phrìs! Underestimating -- that's the word.