Sorcerer stone v Philosopher Stone WAS: Hermione

Brian brian at rescueddoggies.com
Sat Aug 1 14:39:19 UTC 2009


As a Brit who has also lived in the US for a while, I have to say that 
Philosopher's Stone would have meant nothing more to ME than it would to 
an American kid.

But let's face it, American publishers (and Hollywood is worse) try to 
Americanise EVERYTHING and it is frankly offensive to most of the rest 
of the world.
JKR admitted herself that she shouldn't have allowed them to change the 
title, but she wasn't as rich or powerful then!  As the books became 
more and more succesful, she refused more and more changes, allowing 
only those which she was convinced were necessary to make the story 
understandable to an American child.

I wonder why American publishers felt they had to dumb down the title, 
yet in South America, with generally poorer levels of education, it 
wasn't deemed to be necessary?

Brian  brigrove on fanfiction.net, author of The Harmony Bond




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