[HPforGrownups] Re: UK vs US

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 170523

Lauren Merryfield wrote:
> I'm sure this was discussed a long time ago, but I am new.  Why does
> the UK version call it "philosopher's stone" and the US version call
> it the "sorcerer's stone?"

Bart:
Because, in the United States, "philosophy" is a 4-letter word. One 
would think that JKR was doing the counting.

This is close to being serious; Scholastic told JKR that American 
children would not buy a book with the word "philosopher" in the title.

Bart