[HPforGrownups] Re: GOF: US Murder vs UK Curse

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 88133



justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
The "murder" for "curse" error still stands, though.



akh:

I'm vaguely remembering reading an interview wherein JKR stated she had originally planned to kill off Moody, but then decided to keep him alive, since she liked the character so well.  I'm inclined to go with the theorists who conjecture that the UK and US versions were edited simultaneously, and the original manuscript intended to dispense with Mad Eye.  

Scholastic just hasn't seen fit to adjust the language; I suppose they thought we could interpret the scene to be LV's intent against his victim, even if it is meant to be Moody, although that's not the actual outcome.  

 

akh, who's now thinking she needs to buy ALL the UK version of HP (having bought OOP in both UK and US versions).



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