Sorcerer stone v Philosopher Stone WAS: Hermione

[Brian]

Here I have to defend the publishers for not wanting to use "jumper"

I've had American readers have a go at me for making a male character 
wear a jumper.  They thought it meant dress.
(One complained I was making him "gay", though why cross-dressing would 
have meant gay, he didn't explain.)

Where words have totally different meanings in the USA compared to the 
UK, I think it is fair to change the word due to confusion.

That why I ended up co-writing a page on confusion between the US and the UK
www.thesiteofbrian.com/cultural/

Brian