h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Phoenician Trader

I'm your sub-editor for Buying a Carpet in Morocco. The new version is here A87809142 - please subscribe!

I enjoyed this! I have mainly just tweaked a few bits for House Style and added in links, although I did move the definitions of the three different types of rug higher up. I do have a few questions, as I am not familiar with Morocco at all:

What is a 'souk'?

"It is an impressive thing to watch." - Is 'it' the carpet-selling process in general?

Being a mathematician I was confused by "Carpets generally have 60, 80 or 100 knots per square inch: i.e. 8x8, 9x9 or 10x10." - actually 8x8=64 and 9x9=81

Am I right in thinking 100 Dihram is about 10 Euros?

I felt the Entry ended with a bit of an anticlimax, as it talks about bills. Would you like to add a sentence about being back home with your carpet, just to conclude?

Thanks for the work you are doing. I am subbed.

Anyway, a Souk is a street based market district - but the streets are barely meters apart.

The "impressive thing to watch" is the carpet seller on the mountain treck path speaking so many languages.

Your mathematics is excellent, the carpets are a bit more wonky as they are hand made. It is also fair to note that not all of the carpet making world uses imperial measurements so there is some license used in the classification of carpets.

The official exchange rate is 11:1 but the street price is 10:1.

I will have a look as the last paragraph shortly - but I have to run right now.

Hi Phoenician Trader

Thanks for your message - I have made the further tweaks, so I hope it is OK for you as well.

Just the last paragraph to consider, and then it will be ready to go!

Hi Phoenician Trader

Just moving this thread up my conversation list - how are you getting on?

Glad to see you back on h2g2 Phoenician Trader. Am just nudging this Entry a bit, as I'd love to see it, and your other Moroccan Entry being approved as soon as we can manage it.

Did I see you say you have photos? We'd be thrilled if so, could you send them to the Artists? If they're very large images, send them as single attachments else they won't go through their letter box. We do like large size photos though, so we can crop them to our format.

Thanks so much, in anticipation!

I notice that A87812265 is now being subbed.

If I can, I will write the final paragraph today and take that photograph.

Just moving this thread up my conversation list again. I hope you're getting on OK

I have added a paragraph to the end - feel free to suggest something different, though.

I will send it on its way tomorrow night.

I am really not forgetting - I am writing full time at the moment and I have had to get my work to from an orderly queue!

I will have a look and let you know my thoughts.

I didn't send it off on Friday, after all, but I will send it off now so that the Editors can make their preparations.

When you have looked at the final paragraph, you can comment here and the Editors will sort out any changes for you.

Will do. I did read it on Friday. I have a few hours today, so I will give it the attention it deserves.

Thank you so much for you patience in dealing with me!