Was US POA audio modified from UK or US print?

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 95388

> 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 wrote:
> 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!"  


Mandy here:
Here's another, somewhat related, fact; the reason behind why JKR 
uses her initials instead of her name. The publisher in the UK and 
the US didn't believe a female author would sell to boys!  Which to 
me is also insulting.  The sheer arrogance of publishers in both 
countries is staggering at times.
Mandy