[HPforGrownups] WHO changed Philosopher's to Sorcerer's and WHY?

[Katy Cartee]

No: HPFGUIDX 55989

Dan wrote:

> The sub-thread in the "What is Canon?" thread a week ago got me 
> thinking about the "Sorcerer" vs. "Philosopher" thing. I haven't ever 
> seen a suitable explanation for why this word-switch occurred. Many 
> quick explanations have been thrown out, such as: "it was believed 
> American children would not know what a Philosopher was", or "the 
> publishers thought that those of us in the U.S. wouldn't "get it" ", or 
> "they thought that U.S. audiences would be turned off by the word 
> "Philosopher's" because it was too dull or something", or my favorite 
> :-), from Katy: "It's like that because of the differences of the 
> English language in the US as opposed to English in England." (Excuse 
> me...HAHAHAHAHA...ahem, sorry. Being someone who got his degree in 
> philosophy here in the U.S., I can tell you that not one time in any of 
> the many philosophy classes I attended was the word "sorcery" used in 
> place of "philosophy".)

Hey, now that was taken WAY out of context and was not what i meant at all. Perhaps you should read all emails from a person on a particular subject before trying to make them look stupid.

There was an entire thread devoted to the PS/SS dilemma a week or two ago and it was explained pretty well from what i remember. But no, i never heard any names or of any interviews on the subject.

~Katy~

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