Subject: English language - discussions

They use it a lot more in Scotland I have noticed but then the Scots always seemed to have a better general education when it came to the 3 R's...

"Much may be made of a Scotsman if he be cought young."

You try and catch them though !

Hi mates! I've got two grammatical problems /questions. I would be grateful if you help me make them clear.

I'm happy about it / I'm happy with it

^ Which version is correct?

And the second question:
I'll go on my holiday as soon as I collect enough money

Is this sentence correct or should another tense be used here?

Thanks in advance for help :)

as soon as i have saved enough money i think would work better.

I'm happy with it, although the other one could be used in some cases depending on the subject i guess, but if in doubt go with with

as soon as i have saved enough money

I thought about this construction first :)

Thanks for both answers..

I'll write when I have more questions :D

Ok guys, who/what the hell is a 'wooden milk plunger'?!

I'm dealing with a little translation now and can't get it right...I guess it will be easier for you?

The whole sentence:

"That Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, is named after a wooden milk plunger?"

Help please!

ps. can you actually write or say:

He was a bona fide gentleman

meaning 'a true gentleman'?

from wiki :

Bishkek (in Kyrgyz and Russian: Бишкек), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.
The name is thought to derive from a Kyrgyz word for a churn used to make fermented mare's milk (kumis), the Kyrgyz national drink.

plunger = churn.

Pretty helpful, thanks! :)

And what's up with this bona fide thing?

nothing. yes you can say that someone is bona fide but only if you are from the deep south of the USA in about 1930...

Poland is a bit an underdeveloped country in comparison to USA, so I guess I might use it ;)

Thanks.

Although in this, quite recent, article by The Times click it is mentioned as a still 'usable' expression...they even encourage the readers to get to know this word and start using it. Weird.

The Times, like myself like to use phrases just to keep them alive. I use bona fide, just not when describing people.

Thanks for clearing that up :)

it's latin, innit

meaning genuine, basically.

True, still - genuine has many meanings. It can mean both honest and true. My question was dealing with the issue whether you can use the 'bona fide' expression in order to express the true qualities of a person, the true, stereotypical qualisties existing in a certain person or a group etc.

Like...'He is a bona fide Russina' meaning 'he really drinks as a Russian'.

Might not be the best possible example but it seems decent...

btw I can't tackle one pretty easy activity...the idea is to insert a word or expression to make the sentence 'work'.

I went to the new pizzeria last night: it does the .[?]. eaten
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