Dean Thomas and differences in PS and SS

[Simon J. Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 4054

>From SS: <<<And now there were only three people left to be sorted. "Thomas,
Dean," a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor
table. "Turpin, Lisa," became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron's turn. He was
pale green by now. Harry crossed his fingers under the table and a second
later the hat had shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!">>>

>From PS: <<<And now there were only three people left to be sorted. "Turpin,
Lisa," became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron's turn. He was pale green by
now. Harry crossed his fingers under the table and a second later the hat
had shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!">>>

This is interesting. A change in the books - where the American version has
more detail than the British version.
Most of the other changes that I know about seem to be concerned with
removing details (cf. Sirius' back vault number in PoA), or making things
'American'.

To which I point out the American one is factually wrong. The three people
to be sorted are Dean, Lisa, Ron and Blaise Zabini - which by my mathematics
gets us to 4 (but who trusts a mathematics undergraduate to be able to
count).


Simon (who would elaborate further but has to rush off to see if they are
filming in Oxford - and then, unfortunately, onto a lecture and a couple of
classes)