Was US POA audio modified from UK or US print?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 95313

Shaun wrote: 
> Why can that be done? Simply because we're exposed to these other 
> variants of English. And that, to me, makes the editing of Harry 
> Potter for US audiences, a little bit worrying - because it seems 
> to me that when you edit an English English book into American 
> English because American kids supposedly can't handle English 
> English - then the cure that has been created is the cause of the 
> disease.


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
PRECISELY my point!  Why not *expose* American folks to the English 
English?  It's fun, it increases our understanding, and it makes the 
reading experience more authentic!  We don't need any MORE 
stuff "dumbed down" for us.  

If the original concern w/ the publisher was that American kids 
wouldn't be interested in a book that was "too English", then I say 
both: 
"If some American idiots wouldn't read it for that reason, it's THEIR 
loss."  
    and
"Have more faith in JKR's story-telling ability."

If the original concern w/ the publisher was that Americans couldn't 
handle the English English, then I say:
"How insulting!"  


Siriusly Snapey Susan, who loves exposure to new slang & terminology.