scar = alarm bell?

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 36649

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "meglet2" <mercia at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hp_lexicon" <hp_lexicon at y...> wrote:
> > I received the following query in my Lexicon mail:
> > 
> >    My question refers to a possible difference between 
> >    the UK and US versions of GofF. In the scene very 
> >    near the end where Dumbledore is trying to convince 
> >    Fudge that V. is back, Fudge says "I"ve never heard 
> >    of a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before". 
> > > 
> > 
>    It has been raised, on the HPGalleries forum, that 
> >    the UK version omits the word "never", which changes 
> >    the whole meaning drastically.
 
Mercia replied, 

> > Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a difference at 
this 
> > point in the books between the US and UK versions? My US edition 
> > does say "never."
> I have the UK first edition which does omit the word 'never' at 
that 
> point. However I have assumed since the first reading that it was 
a 
> mistake and a careless bit of proof reading for the intention is 
> quite clearly for Fudge to say that a scar can't act as an alarm 
> bell. I simply added the word never to my text and am interested 
to 
> hear that it has been added to the US edition. Incidently my 
edition 
> is also the one that has the shadow of James emerging first from 
> Voldemort's wand and saying 'Your mother is coming - she wants to 
> see you.' Since Lily was killed after James this is also a mistake 
> and I understand has been corrected in subsequent editions. I 
assume 
> the word 'never' would also have been added to Fudge's speech.
> 

I have a very recent paperback UK copy of GoF. The wand order issue 
is corrected (Lily comes out before James and says 'Your father is 
coming...), but the 'never' is still omitted from Fudge's scar 
comment. Curiouser and curiouser...

Christi