Am I realy British (was Re: HBP US / UK Differences)

[Joe Bento]

Well here I go replying to my own post as well.  I just looked up 
the dictionary definition of sorcerer - Someone who practices magic, 
a wizard.  Oh well, six of one, a half-dozen of another, I guess.  
I'd still prefer philosopher in the title.

Joe


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Joe Bento" <joseph at k...> 
wrote:
> See!  Harry Potter is bringing us all together towards a common 
> language.  Now if Webster hadn't screwed with the English 
spellings...
> 
> Too bad PS/SS was JKR's first book.  Since she didn't have a 
measure 
> of success, she reluctantly agreed to Scholastic's suggestion to 
> change the title for the US edition.  Strange, really.  One tends 
to 
> think of a sorcerer as evil.  If Voldermort had been the inventor, 
the 
> title might be appropriate.  However, Nicholas Flamel, the actual 
> inventor is described as I think of a philosopher. 
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" 
<timregan at m...> 
> wrote:
> > But when I looked it up in the UK edition (page 152) it is 
exactly 
> the
> > same! So much for my knowledge of my own countrymen's use of 
> language.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Dumbledad.