Irritating PoA mistake
ghinghapuss
rredordead at aol.com
Wed Apr 14 22:53:46 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 95986
>Amanar wrote:
> PoA chapter four - "The Leaky Cauldron". British edition p. 44-45:
> "As harry entered flourish and blotts, the MANAGER came hurrying
> towards him..."
> <snip>
> "The ASSISTANT pressed Unfogging the Future into Harry's hands.
> 'Anything else?' he said.
> > When did the manager turn into an assistant? Last time I checked,
> > the two aren't synonymous. But then again, that may have been an
> > extremely long time ;)
> Neri wrote:
> Then you shouldn't read the British version.
> PoA 4, US edition p. 54:
> "The MANAGER pressed Unfogging the Future into Harry's
> hands. 'Anything else?' he said."
Mandy here:
The change in job title doesn't bother me.
I understand it to mean that the manager manages the shop, but when
he is taking on the role of shop assistant in the assisting of a
customer, he becomes a manager assisting the customer, for the time
that customer has need of him.
Does that make sense????
Mandy, who's confused herself. ;-)
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