[HPforGrownups] Re: What other curse scar?

[danielle dassero]

No: HPFGUIDX 59896

GoF UK version 13th printing page 613 says
"You'll forgive me,
dumbledore, but I've heard of a curse scar
acting as an alarm bell
before..."

GOF US Version PB edition pg 706
"You'll forgive me Dumbledore, but I've never heard of
a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before...."

Lynn:
 
 I'm finding it strange that the automatic
assumption is that the US version is correct and
 the UK version is wrong.  After all, it's not the
first time that Scholastic hasn't done a great
job proofreading or has added things that weren't
 there in the UK version.  Is there anything by
Bloombury, Scholastic or JKR to support that?  I
 find that the UK version makes sense.  When
Dumbledore starts pointing out what he thinks the
 scar hurting means, Fudge quickly points out to
 Dumbledore that he's not a total idiot and knows
 that curse scars can act as an alarm.  
 
Danielle here:
     I would buy Fudge pointing out to DD that he
isn't that stupid, but if not for the first part of
his sentence, You'll forgive me DD. and the line that
follows afterword with Harry shouting that he saw LV
come back. To me it's seems that Fudge is pointing out
that he has never heard of it. 
I think that we in this group are the only ones that
have found the mistake in between the 2 versions, I
think that the typesetter at the bloomsbury plant may
have left it out, and the scholastic people didn't.
And people in the UK thinks their version is correct
and those in the US thinks our is correct. I wonder if
anyone who has it in other languages could tell us
what their versions say. At least then we can see how
other languages translated that sentence. However
maybe steve at lexicon can show us the way the way to
see which version is correct.
Danielle


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