Camberley Mosque Thrown Out

geordieracer

Jane_Blackford wrote: »

As far as I was concerned, I was posting good news, especially as I am not the only person from Camberley or the local area on here.

Yes I'm being a NIMBY, but my "backyard" happens to be a locally listed victorian school in a conservation area. One that the old owners had to sell at a reduced price because they were not allowed even to extend it, let alone demolish & replace it. The BWA have had permission to extend it, have half started it then stopped because they could not afford to finish it. Yet someone is willing to stump up the money to build an entirely new mosque.

The traffic problems were actually stated by the BWA - they said they would be needing far more parking spaces as they expected many more people to visit, and not just on Fridays. They already cause traffic chaos, it would have been far worse.

It would have been out of character - no opinion about it, and the planning inspectorate agreed on that one.

You can call me a racist bigot if you want, but I and my friends know that I am not. I am quite happy with it continuing to be a mosque, it was always the building that was the problem and not the people.

If it was just the building and it being prevented from being torn down was all you were caring about then maybe you should not have written half of the cack that you then proceeded to write as it comes across all wrong.

Anyway its all good.Building stays- locals are happy

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Norman-B

peachyprice wrote: »

Oh and don't forget 'The ones you know are fine, it's the others'

Yes, that ranks as my favourite!

fluffnutter

Azari wrote: »

I hadn't really thought about people refusing to use the 'new' names.

I dare say you are right, sadly, that some will do so out of a misguided attempt to cling to empire - or not 'pander' to the locals.

Of course, there is also the factor of the annoyance at suddenly being told, often without reason, that you have to start calling something by a new name when you were quite happy with the old one.

A good example of that is the seventh planet which was known as 'yewr-ain-us' for many years until everyone on the TV and radio suddenly started to pronounce it 'urine us'. Wrong!

It comes from the same root as does the element uranium and you don't hear anyone calling that urine-ium. (well, a few Australians might. )

Personally I always persist with a pronunciation that's faintly rude. It's 'yewr-ain-us' for me simply because 'anus' is such a great word. And coupled with a word that sounds like 'your'? Pronunciation gold!

vyle

Yeah, uranus sounds good. Mine, however? Not so much.

vuvuzela

What does BWA stand for ? I really can't work it out.

shaun_from_Africa

It's the Bengali Welfare Association.

(I didn't know either until I did a Google search for BWA and Camberley Mosque)

fluffnutter

I also thought the OP's posts were littered with acronyms (I couldn't work out what PI stood for either). Methinks she's been heavily involved with any campaigns and publicity about this; it's typical of people involved to use the lingo. At the very least she's been living, breathing and talking about this so much that she slips into the jargon without considering that the majority of people on here don't live in Camberley and haven't got a clue about this seemingly momentous local issue.

Gloomendoom

fluffnutter wrote: »

The French couldn't give two !!!!!! that we don't say 'paree',

Are you sure?

The French have legislated specifically to protect the French language from being corrupted by the influence of foreign languages... particularly English. The effects of the laws are wide ranging and affect the 'media' quite severely. Even the type of songs that can be broadcast on the radio is subject to a quota system where 40% must be in French.

You might be interested in reading this paper Linky

fluffnutter

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Are you sure?

The French have legislated specifically to protect the French language from being corrupted by the influence of foreign languages... particularly English. The effects of the laws are wide ranging and affect the 'media' quite severely. Even the type of songs that can be broadcast on the radio is subject to a quota system where 40% must be in French.

You might be interested in reading this paper Linky

The French do indeed protect their own language. They don't however care about other people's language unless it encroaches on their own. In England, we call it Paris - as long as the French don't start calling it Paris (and no doubt there's actually a law preventing this), they couldn't care less.

vuvuzela

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

It's the Bengali Welfare Association.

(I didn't know either until I did a Google search for BWA and Camberley Mosque)

Cheers, the links I was getting were about wrestling