Was US POA audio modified from UK or US print?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 95423

 Siriusly Snapey Susan wrote:
>>>Why not *expose* American folks to the English English?  It's 
fun, it increases our understanding, and it makes the reading 
experience more authentic!  

kg: 
> To give you something to think about, here's one reason why I 
> support the publisher's decision to "Americanize" the English in 
the 
> first HP book:
> 
> We all know that the HP books are marketed to children (whether 
the 
> series is in fact a true Children's Series is another question). 
> When the books became popular, my nine year old nephew decided to 
> give the books a try.
> 
> Now, my nephew is a smart enough kid--he's not a genius, nor is he 
> an idiot--and has always been stronger in math than reading. For 
> years, no one could get him to read (and it never helped that his 
> custodial parent isn't a huge fan of education). So over one 
summer 
> break, my brother bought the first HP book for his son, and the 
kid 
> struggled through it, and immediately wanted to read the other 
> books. If the books hadn't been changed, it would have been 
> considerably harder--and remember it was already a struggle--for 
my 
> nephew. However, the same struggle wouldn't have existed for a 
child 
> in a similar situation in the UK, because s/he would have 
understood 
> the slang more easily, and wouldn't have been lost in the small 
> details, like jumper versus sweater. 
> 
> The later books have had fewer changes, which especially makes 
sense 
> since the books are more or less targeted for older children. And 
> now that my nephew knows about the UK versus US versions, he's 
made 
> me promise that I'll loan him the UK versions this summer so he 
can 
> see the differences for himself. 
> 
> -kg
> who, two and half years later, has now got her nephew started on 
> Lord of the Rings, and its really thanks to Harry Potter.


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
I can see your point, kg, and I'm pleased your nephew has gotten 
more into reading because of his experience w/ HP--that's a 
wonderful success story.  I guess I'd still say that I think, as 
long as he had been willing to ask an occasional question, he could 
likely have handled the UK version, though.  I mean, I've perused 
the lists of differences for the first couple of books, and they're 
not typically the kinds of things which are all that important to 
comprehending what's happening; it seems they're mostly slang and 
terminology for "things".  I *could* see a 9-year-old boy coming in 
and saying, "Mom, why is RON wearing a jumper if he's a boy?" :-) 
but I don't think there would be much of significance that he'd not 
have caught about the storyline.

Or do others think I'm way off on this?

Siriusly Snapey Susan