Ancestor / descendant (Re: Chamber of Secrets - The Unexplained)

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 109123

"snow15145" <snow15145 at y...> wrote:
> Snow:
> This is JKR's answer in a Scholastic interview October 16, 2000
> 
> Harry Potter for grownups again! Is Voldemort the last remaining 
> ancestor of Slytherin, or the last remaining descendent of 
> Slytherin?
> 
> "Ah, you spotted the deliberate error. Yes, it should 
> read "descendent." That's been changed in subsequent editions. 
> (Keep hold of the "ancestor" one, maybe it'll be valuable one day!)"
> 
> Hope this helps!


Pat here:

I'm going to correct myself here.

I checked my hard back and my paperback again, and here's the really 
weird thing.  In the hardback, (US, p.332) it says descendant--and 
the date is 1999.  In the paperbook, (US, p. 332) it says ancestor--
and that one was actually later--printed in 2000.  So we are still 
left with the question of why they would change it incorrectly.  
Odd, but very interesting--especially since she said deliberate 
mistake.

Pat