Hermione in US/UK

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16078

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:

> another 
> passage that I'm 99% sure doesn't exist in the US edition:
 
>   'I think we'll be able to pull the door open,' said Ron, peering 
> over [Fluffy's] back.  'Want to go first, Hermione?'
>   'No, I don't!'
>   'All right.'  Ron gritted his teeth and stepped carefully over 
the 
> dog's legs.  He bent and pulled the ring of the trapdoor . . . etc. 
> (PS p. 200)
> 
> Could someone with a US edition confirm that this isn't in it?  I 
> could swear I've never read that before.
> 
No, sorry, its there.  I checked.  Exactly those words, too.  Page 
276 of the PB US edition.  Clearly, Amy has not read the HP books 
often enough.  Better hop to it, Amy, or we will throw you out of the 
League Of Obsessed Nitpickers (L.O.O.N.)


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  "How come the Muggles don't hear the bus?" said Harry.
  "Them!" said Stan contemptuously.  "Don't listen properly, do 
they?  Don't look properly either.  Never notice nuffink, they don'."

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