Dean Thomas and differences in PS and SS

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 4067

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Simon J. Branford" 
<simon.branford at h...> wrote:
> 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)

Blaise Zambini is mentioned in SS as the final student to be sorted. 

:-) Milz