Mosques being built

[lobs211]

Bendigo is in the goldfields - beautiful old buildings, unbelievable gardens, right into sport, really good looking place.

Very multi cultural - stong Indigenous history, huge Chinese history (museum, gardens, joss house etc etc), heaps of Karen refugess, biggest Buddhist Temple and Centre so u can see it very multi cultural

What we dont have is a mosque. What the Muslims are planning to build is a mosque.

OMG = Shame Job = people are protesting, I am so embarrassed by these people. Why these people do this? Are they ignorant or what? Or are they really truly scared these Muslims (Who live here already) are all of a sudden gonna turn into terrorists cos they have a mosque?  This is very weird.................. they pray now but at the Uni, there be a prayer room, whatever thats called, they want there own place.

So I ask these people - "What exactly is the problem here?" And I get stuff like "terrorists, go home to their own country (When they say this I lift an eyebrow and stare at em but they miss it ofcourse)

Im not Muslim, I dont even know a Muslim but I dont understand one bit why we protest against people wanting a church, this embarrasses me LOL

Do you people have mosques near you? Is this a big deal?

[cherry*135]

I agree with martini.

Some people are just pedantic.

[izabsmiling]

I think these things can be done in creative writing to 'get into/create a character'  ?

If someone has the education to know that they are spelling something wrong (indicated by the use of apostrophes ..it can read as though the writer is  deliberately choosing to do that for some reason rather than it being natural  ? 

[cherry*135]

Have you noticed people doing that before buzz pointed it out?

[izabsmiling]

yes ..several.one writes sock/fish  language, one voted for the wrong political party (not around now) and I have read many of lobs posts.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

I think these things can be done in creative writing to 'get into/create a character'  ?

If someone has the education to know that they are spelling something wrong (indicated by the use of apostrophes ..it can read as though the writer is  deliberately choosing to do that for some reason rather than it being natural  ? 

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Or perhaps said person is being natural? 

Of course the writer is choosing to do it deliberately. In order to invoke her natural way of speech.

I don't get the issue.

[cherry*135]

And the reason why they shouldn't type like that and be criticised for doing so, in an informal setting such as a forum is?

[i-need-a-martini]

For example, am has just written an incorrect sentence (grammaticall) by putting a question mark at the end of an unformed sentence.

I can immediately visualise her tone, personality and I imagine she would form a sentence like this in real life when faced with a puzzling scenario.

If she were writing a work of non-fiction I doubt she would do this cause she obviously knows better. 

[acacia_pycnantha]

Cause?

[punch*drunk]

You people who are good at english must cringe whenever I write something, my english skills are terrible. I never know where to put commas and I wouldnt be able to tell you the definition of a verb. I'm better with numbers than words

I dont think it matters much, everyones style of writing, as long as they get their point across.

[acacia_pycnantha]

I don't usually criticise others for mistakes in spelling or grammar. (glass houses and all that)

But sometimes the temptation is too great to resist. 😉