[HPforGrownups] US/UK versions

[mrgrrrargh at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 34234

> This may be a dumb question - but how do readers in the US feel about 
> the slight translations that have occurred in the US versions?

rachel and margaraeta:
I HATE them! I'd prefer to have the books as JKR wrote them. However, we 
Americans tend to want things in our own toungue (can't think a foreigner can 
write better than we can *weg*) and it'd confuse a lot of people if Quidditch 
was compared to football rather than soccer -- and you saw the confusion we 
had on this list about public schools.

Personally I watch enough British TV to understand more idioms than the 
average person, but I'm still no expert in British anything. But as 
margaraeta said, the books let you learn more about another culture... and 
I'm glad they kept "mum" rather than changing it to "mom."

-SpyGameFan


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