[HPforGrownups] Re: differences??

[Melanie Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 68800

DG. Wrote:
s rather odd -- JKR [or her editors] made what appears 
to have been a major effort to use a word like "Dumpster" so American 
readers would understand it -- yet they continue to use 
Britishisism like "take the mickey," "skive," and "nick" [granted, 
those last to are pretty obvious from context] throughout the story.

Is there rhyme or reason for whether or not Brit/U.S. vernacular is 
used?

D.G.  ("JazzmanChgo")
My reply:
I thought about that too.  Of course I did not know there was a different word for dumpster in Britain.  I guess they felt that at this point most of the Harry Potter fans are semi-literate in British slang.  who knows?  Also another interesting point is that the term "jumper" was not changed to sweater.  Of course, i think that that jumper/sweater is a pretty commonly known language difference.  
 
So, now what are the differences between the two versions this year.  Is it mainly a spelling variation?  How many words have actually been changed?  Also, this is a question for Canadian members which version does Canada have.  I know from being semi-close to the border that the majority of Canada uses the British spelling of words but share more slang terms with the U.S.  Do they have their own version?
 
~Melanie


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