I have got to know a certain Mr. Ian Vella. I have never seen nor heard him, but he sounds like a plucky chap who has gone to a great deal of trouble in making certain that we have our own Maltese say on the world wide web. Ever had trouble with finding the right word? I have. And sometimes I use the only thing that has been available for now, that is a normal English Internet dictionary. It still doesn't give me the right word, but it has got to do. Well, not anymore. We now have our own English to Maltese dictionary, and it's free, online, 24/7. You just have to type www.englishmaltesedictionary.com into your browser and there you are. I've typed quite some words in there to see if it really works. And believe you me, Mr. Ian Vella has gone to a hell of a lot of trouble in creating something as vast as a dictionary. And me being me, I've also typed in some naughty words, and they're in there! The slut word is there as are all the other female body words as well as their male counterparts. And sometimes, the dictionary doesn't just give you one, but two words for safekeeping, try putting in the word breast....Yes I know, it's about time I grew up from the teenage graffiti on the toilet doors, although I swear I have never ever vandalised toilet doors, not even by writing anything on them. This dictionary is going to be God's greatest gift to people who are slowly learning Maltese, as well as to us who can talk and breathe Maltese as the most natural gift in the world. This man really set me thinking. Why go to such hellish trouble of creating a dictionary? I mean there are volumes and volumes of words. But then Mr. Vella must not be a lazy creature like me, and has his patriotic side finely tuned. If I were the President, I'd award a big round medal to a man who has gone to so much trouble in making sure we're on the web too. We might be small, but there are people like Mr. Vella who are speaking volumes through a national dictionary. www.englishmaltesedictionary.com I suggest you bookmark it, even for it's melitensia potential. Well done Mr. Vella.
