[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Sorcerer stone v Philosopher Stone WAS: Hermione

[Child Of Midian]

From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of sistermagpie

Magpie:
Yes--but I'm disagreeing with the idea that assuming a 9-year-old would
automatically look at a book with "Philosopher's Stone" on the cover and
say, "I'll check out this book to see if it's about a boy who can do magic"
is the same as assuming they're stupid.
-m

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

The idea that the "philosopher's stone" is obvious to Brits but unknown to
people in the U.S. is insulting the population of the U.S. My daughters has
never read The Sorcerer's Stone, she's read the Philosopher's Stone,
however. We only own the UK version of the film as well.

 

The worst thing is that "sorcerer" is not relevant to the Potter universe.
If they'd have called it "The Wizard's Stone" it would have at least fit!!!
By GOF they figured out that other than the odd phrase ("keep our peckers
up!) they didn't need to Americanize the novels.

 

md



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