[HPforGrownups] scar = alarm bell?

[Pen Robinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 36667

Steven Vander Ark said:

>   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.

>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."

Certainly in my Stephen Fry audio book, the 'never' is omitted, and it is
very irritating indeed, as the sentence becomes absurd without it.  Grr.

Pen