Hookah or shisha?

[nou]

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[sbp]

There's a bunch of them on Brick Lane.

[nou]

Indeed, like this one.

[sbp]

Well if it is actually called Hookah Lounge, perhaps Hookah should be the category? But then I don't know what a Shisha is, apart from a sort of kebab.

[nou]

Lots of other places seem to call the thing a shisha, though, and it does seem to be the most popular poll option at the moment. Good point though about not being familiar with the word - I'm guessing more people would recognise the word "hookah", so perhaps we should go for it for that reason.

[catsgomiaow]

I voted for "shisha" on the basis that I call the pipes themselves "hookahs" but have only ever heard the places where you smoke them referred to as "shisha bars". "Hookah bars" also sounds well dodgy :)

Bogart because that's my smoking userpic...

[alan1957]

"Hookah bars"
That was kinda my reason for voting that way!
That and many people know them by this name, of course.

[caramel_betty]

Prior to reading this post and clicking on links (which I'll do shortly), I've never heard of them. Which is no use to anyone, obviously.