[HPFGU-OTChatter] Am I realy British (was Re: HBP US / UK Differences)

[Kathryn Cawte]

Joe Bento 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
>  
>
But more importantly the Philosopher's Stone is an 'actual' mythical 
artifact (uh does that make sense). She didn't invent the damn thing so 
they should hve kept the name. It would be like writing about the Holy 
Grail and having to retitle it the Holy Cup because Anerican kids 
wouldn't know wht a Grail was (and btw I don't get that. I admit I don't 
have kids but do British 7 year olds bandy the word Philiospher around 
in conversation? or rather did they before HP? bcause if not why keep it 
for the UK and change it for the US?)

-- 
K
"Screw the Permit"
Joe of Clan Sylum



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