Americanisations

[nlpnt at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 6991

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Simon" <simon.branford at h...> wrote:
> Nlpnt wrote: "It seems they have; in SS, the Americanization even 
extends to
> the Weasleys aclling their mother "Mom" instead of "Mum""
> 
> They change 'mum' to 'mom'. NOOOOOOOO!
> This one of only two Americanisations that annoys me (the other 
being math
> for mathematics or maths).

They do *that* in SS, too! In the scene where Hagrid comes to get 
Harry from the hut-on-the-rock;
 "I can, you know, do math and stuff!"-Harry

What *really* annoyed me about these was, they changed the dialogue 
to something the characters just wouldn't say! Changing the narration 
doesn't bother me as much, but changing the dialogue...aargh!

Anyway, I bought a Canadian PS at the earliest opportunity, but 
haven't yet bought non-US editions of the others.