Python AppStore / Marketplace

[Rhodri James]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:12:09 -0000, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com>  
wrote:

> Michael Torrie wrote:
>> Steve Holden wrote:
>>> Unfortunately I have no idea what a "souq" is, so I suspect this may be
>>> linguistically biased against English speakers. Or perhaps I'm just
>>> ignorant.
>>
>> Nah.  Not biased against English speakers.  Just biased against the
>> un-traveled.  :)
>
> Don't think so. I've visited roughly twenty-five difference countries
> and traveled I-don't-know-how-many miles, but certainly over a million.
> Unless you'd like to redefine "un-traveled" ... ?
>
> But I do (still) speak English (of a kind).

A souq is a bazaar :-)

Well, close enough anyway.  It's another arabic word that translates as
"market" in both the mercantile and financial senses, I believe.  Maybe
I've just read too much arabic-themed fiction, but I was surprised not
to find the word in my trusty Chambers.

-- 
Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses