Irritating PoA mistake

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96201

-Anita wrote:
> PoA chapter four - "The Leaky Cauldron". British edition p. 44-45:
> 
> [snip quote]
> When did the manager turn into an assistant? 
> Amanar, who hates-hates-hates inconsistencies. 
> (A perfectionist, what can I say?)
> 
> 
> akh replies:
> 
> You and Scholastic.  I just compared my UK and American editions,
and sure enough, on pp. 52-54, paperback edition, he's referred to as
the manager throughout: 
> 
> "Oh, I wouldn't read that if I were you," said the MANAGER lightly,
looking to see what Harry was staring at... The MANAGER pressed
Unfogging the Future into Harry's hands. [my emphasis]
> 
> I wondered why that didn't ring any bells, having just reread the
Scholastic paperback edition of POA.  Now we know!


Carol adds:
Ah! Our careful American editor--the same one who caught the
Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff inconsistency in the rosebush scene in GoF? Maybe
the UK edition isn't as definitive as we'd like it to be?

Carol, who knows from long experience how prone to human error both
authors and editors are