Index: js/jquery/suggest.dev.js
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--- js/jquery/suggest.dev.js	(revision 11963)
+++ js/jquery/suggest.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -132,9 +132,13 @@
 					displayItems(cached['items']);
 
 				} else {
+					var data;
+					if (options.queryParam) {
+						data = new Object();
+						data[options.queryParam] = q;
+					}
+					$.get(options.source, data, function(txt) {
 
-					$.get(options.source, {q: q}, function(txt) {
-
 						$results.hide();
 
 						items = parseTxt(txt, q);
@@ -318,6 +322,7 @@
 		options.delimiter = options.delimiter || '\n';
 		options.onSelect = options.onSelect || false;
 		options.maxCacheSize = options.maxCacheSize || 65536;
+		options.queryParam = options.queryParam || 'q';
 
 		this.each(function() {
 			new $.suggest(this, options);