One more important thing to note, Michael Bauer has actually recently developed a method of Gaelic hyphenation for apps — sorry Michael, I’ve forgotten the details which you told me! — and I still need to review and figure out how to install in my copy of InDesign! So it would be accurate to say that Michael himself has developed a set of logical and coherent rules for hyphenation in Gaelic. However, those rules are not incorporated into GOC (Gaelic Orthographic Conventions). I hope that some day they will be! Reply MacFarlane School Gaelic Dictionary, published 1912. Available free online. Do you see a pattern emerging here? storto: see also stortò‎ storto (Italian) Origin & history From Latin extortus‎ ("extorted"). Surface analysis s- (pejorative prefix) + torto ("bent, twisted"). Doublet of estorto. Pronunciation IPA: [ˈs̪t̪ɔr̺.t̪o] Hyphenation: stòr|to… PS: sorry about the ( part praise ) for The MacLennan: I do know, and I am sometimes frustrated about its defects ( especially in regard to the poor pronunciation system ), but I still find it useful for reference to older texts and books; on the other hand some of the newer dictionaries madden me with their ( badly adapted spellings ) borrowings from English as the main , or only, entry.

Hopefully, one day we will get our dream come true and have our ideal dictionary, which will be bi-directional (Gaelic > English, English > Gaelic), have the unparalleled comprehensive coverage of Dwelly and be up-to-date in terms of vocabulary whilst at the same time respectful of traditional idioms and usage (some of us still use ‘domh’ and ‘féin’, you know, although we are dwindling in numbers). There are two relatively recent desktop dictionaries that any Gaelic learner should know about. Each one has a quirk, however. Gaelic Names of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles etc. by Alexander Forbes - ( digitised version at National Library of Scotland)Tobar an Dualchais is involved in the archiving of thousands of recordings in digital format which will be available online. This heritage project gives people the chance to listen to the voices of Gaelic speakers through the years A partnership of the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI is working to develop an authoritative, historical Gaelic dictionary comparable to the resources available for Scots and English through the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, the Scottish National Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. Respected Gaelic teacher Angus MacLeod in Nova Scotia sums up the dangers of mis-using a dictionary:

There are many different kinds of Gaelic dictionaries: small portable ones with everyday vocabulary, basic language learner dictionaries, desktop reference tomes, specialty dictionaries with new words, and dictionaries and lists of words unique to certain dialects. Here is how some highly respected Gaelic teachers have reviewed the dictionary (I have chosen not to include their names): Secondly, this dictionary can be very misleading to students. It lists obscure and archaic terms side by side with words that are still in use, with no indication of which is which. Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Highland Society of Scotland 1828 A Mhìcheil, a charaid, to answer your question about hyphenation (at least in part), here is my summary, based on years of observation and experience:It does not horrify me that he might have made words up. I should think it unlikely that he did this for things that already had authentic Gaelic words. But what about things for which there was no commonly-used Gaelic word? Should he just have left them out? Should he have borrowed English words giving them a veneer of Gaelic orthography or phonetics (which is what native speakers routinely do)? Or should he have used his unquestioned insight into the language to provide principled neologisms (which is what advanced learners tend to attempt, not always with success)?