Clarification on my US-UK Edition Comparison (WAS: Changes in Newer UK CoS)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43816

Naama the New (naama2486)wrote:

> Phyllis wrote about three changes in old and new UK CoS editions. 
> I've found a fourth, that though it isn't *that* critical, still 
> annoyed me <snip> When Harry and Ron go to Lockhart's office, he 
> tells them about the witch that banished the banshee. In the old 
> version Lockhart says she had a "hare lip". On the newer edition, 
> however, she has a "hairy chin". 

Now me:

I'd like to take this opportunity to clarify that I have not done 
(and am not doing) a word-for-word comparison between my US paperback 
editions and my new UK paperback editions of the books.  As I'm 
reading the UK versions, if I come across a section that looks as if 
it's been changed, I then consult my US edition to see if it's really 
a change, and I then look at the page on the Lexicon to see if it's 
already been identified as a change.  I'm doing it this way because 
I'm only really interested in identifying changes which I believe 
change the substance of the text, and I have found a few - Hagrid 
putting the motorbike away instead of returning it to Sirius in PS, 
and the deletion of a paragraph explaining why Dobby was with Mr. 
Malfoy at the end of CoS.

Why they would change "hare lip" to "hairy chin" is beyond me - 
perhaps they thought it might be easier for younger readers to 
understand (although how many young readers know what color "puce" 
is?)?

~Phyllis