WHY a UK (PS) vs. US (SS) edition and other newbie musings

[mollypickle at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30700


 Oh how very cute and sweet for them to condesend to 
translate "barking mad" for us. I really think there are some 11 year 
olds out there who might not have made the connection. 

:::::rolling eyes::::: 

    I am very disappointed that J.K. Rowling went along with the 
publisher's inane suggestions as to "watering down" the books for 
American audiences. There's already enough of a perception out there 
that Americans are stupid enough culturally and isolated from the 
rest of the world; but the fact that we couldn't be bothered enough 
to look up a few references in a book really gets on my nerves. No 
wonder many American children go about with the perception that 
Europe is just like America in that it's "one big country" made up of 
a lot of different states. Children here are not exposed and taught 
about the cultural differences; when opportunities like Harry Potter 
come up to teach them how England is different from the USA, with 
different phrases, etc, stupid saps like this publishing rep dumb 
down the material so children never have a chance to learn! 

  -Molly Denton


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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Darlene" <Dar20 at a...> wrote:
> > I'm wondering, 
> > WHY are there two editions?  Did the US publisher think we would 
not 
> > be interested in reading the UK version?  Is this a common thing 
to 
> > do?  
> 
> No, it's not terribly common.  A very condescending VP at 
Scholastic gave the 
> following interview and excuses:
> 
> http://www.hpgalleries.com/c117.htm
> 
> One good thing about being obsessed with HP is that there's always 
someone 
> who's more obsessed than yourself.  Here's a chart that lists 
differences 
> between the British and American versions:
> 
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/differences-ss.html