BRIGHT or colorful? was: Re: Are Ginny's Eyes Brown or Green?

[jastrangfeld]

No: HPFGUIDX 46651

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "erisedstraeh2002" <erisedstraeh2002 at y...>
wrote:
> Richelle quoted Phyllis as follows:
>  
> > There was another clue on a different topic that I was going to
> > raise, which was that in Ch. 3, at the Burrow, "Harry just caught
> > sight of a pair of bright *green* eyes staring at him before it
> > closed with a snap."  The "bright green eyes" are Ginny's, and this
> > reference made me wonder whether whether there might be a
> > relationship between Ginny's green eyes and Harry's green eyes.
> > However, this reference is from the US version; when I pulled out my
> > UK version today to find the quote for this post, I see that it
> > reads "bright *brown* eyes."  Very curious, indeed!
> 
> and then Richelle replied:
> 
> > My US paperback edition says "bright brown eyes."  Which I found an 
> > odd way to describe brown eyes.  Unless it's bright as in very 
> > attentive and not bright as in color.  Because I can't quite 
> > picture brown being considered bright (as in color).
> 
> Now Phyllis again:
> 
> I checked my US paperback edition when I got home last night, and 
> sure enough, it says "bright brown eyes."  But I knew I'd 
> heard "bright green eyes" somewhere, so I checked my CoS audiotape 
> (US edition, Jim Dale reading) and Dale reads "bright green eyes."  
> So either he's reading from the hardback version that was 
> subsequently changed in the paperback, or he was in error.


Now me, Julie:

Um, in my little US Hardback, p 40, it says "On the third landing, a
door stood ajar.  Harry just caught sight of a pair of bright BROWN
eyes staring at him before it closed with a snap."  Emphasis added was
mine.  I'm not sure what you need out of the inside of the cover to
tell you the edition, but mine does at least say Brown.  If you're
does indeed say green, you must have a mistake edition and it's
probably worth something.  Or perhaps her eye color really  means
nothing, and the fact that they're BRIGHT does?


Julie