[HPforGrownups] Re: The Strange Case of the Altered Spelling

[BARB AT HOME]

No: HPFGUIDX 92645

capehoneysuckle wrote:

>>Lexicon Steve asketh:
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>>Am I correct in thinking that it's spelled
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>>>differently in the US editions than it is in the UK ones? My US
>>>books say Sibyll, while someone emailed me that it's spelled Sybill
>>>in the UK version. Can anyone verify this for me? I'd like to add a
>>>note to the page about Trelawney as well as a note on
>>>the "Differences" page, but I don't own the UK versions to be able
>>>to check.
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>>Amanda Geist answereth:
>>You appear to be correct.
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>>Page 228, PoA, US--"Sibyll, this is a pleasant surprise!" said
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>Dumbledore...
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>>and the other spellings conform in the US edition
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>>Page 169, PoA, Canadian (and thus UK as well, I believe)--'Sybill,
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>this is a
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>>pleasant surprise!' said Dumbledore...
>>and the subsequent spellings in this edition conform to *that* spelling.
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>Honey(just to be complete):
>The Bloomsbury (UK) version is identical to the Canadian. Paperback
>page 169 "Sybill, this is a pleasant surprise!" said Dumbledore...
>Sorry for the short post.
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page 228

"Sibyll, this is a pleasant surprise!"


from USA hardback with following info on the page where I find edition 
(I believe it indicates the printing but I don't remember what the 
coding means, I have faith that Steve will know)

24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15             9/9 0/0   1 2 3 4    

Printed in the U.S.A.    23

First American edition, October 1999



Barb