Change in Hagrid's Disposition of Sirius' Motorbike (WAS: UK CoS Changes)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43738

I (Phyllis/erisedstraeh2002) wrote: 

> When Dumbledore asks Hagrid where he got the bike, Hagrid says 
> he "borrowed it...Sirius Black lent it to me" (actually, I just 
> noticed that the UK edition leaves out the "to", so it reads 
> awkwardly "Black lent it me.").  

Barb P (psychic_serpent) responded: 

> LOL!  You have to remember that JKR wrote the books in British, 
> not 'Merican.  The "to" was ADDED to the American version.  It's 
> not awkward without it; it's just British.  

Now me again:

My apologies - I didn't mean to be offensive, just obviously 
unfamiliar with Britspeak.

bboy_mn said:

>I think one of the problems is that the US and the UK have different 
> publishers, and they hare having trouble keeping themselves 
> coordinated.

Me again:

I think you've hit the nail on the head, bboy_mn.  I was in a 
bookstore today, and noticed a new version of SS on the shelf.  
Skimming through it quickly (so as not to be hit with a thief's 
curse), I noticed that it has the original reference to Hagrid 
returning the motorcycle to Sirius even though this version was 
published fairly recently (GoF is listed as one of the available 
titles in the front).  So recent UK versions have changed this 
reference while the US version remains the same.  This is similar to 
JKR owning up to the ancestor/descendant error, and saying that it 
has been fixed in later editions, while it's only been fixed in the 
UK editions and remains incorrect in US editions.

~Phyllis
who hasn't a clue what "LOL" stands for, and just hopes she hasn't 
been hit with the Curse of the Bogies