Release Date for OOP: Speculation

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 35471

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jefrigo21 at a... wrote:
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> I think they should have put a mini-dictionary in the book so that if someone 
wanted to know what Philosopher's Stone means.  I had to ask a college 
professor what it means.  I have been saying/thinking this all along.

Indeed, a poll that I placed in the Movie boards shows that nearly half of the 
American respondents hadn't heard of the Philosopher's Stone, pre-Harry.  And 
that's a group of relatively intellectual adults (since they're in the HPFGU 
groups).

But if you read the Levine interview, you'll see that he justified the language 
changes by saying that "American readers should have the exact same 
experience reading the book as British readers".  In other words, he didn't want 
them to have to figure things our from context or even look something up right 
in the back of the book.  Such a condescending attitude from an educator!

http://www.popogo.com/hol/words/c117.htm