UK vs. US

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 170534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:

Shelley:
> It just astounds me that in the age of the Internet and Google that we would
> assume we would be ignorant of anything- geesh. Even British words- they are
> so easily looked up these days- frankly, I have been put off that even a
> word was changed between versions. It's an insult to all of us. Hell, we've
> had a fun time even looking up all the names and finding their references,
> and looking up mythology- a couple of words wouldn't have make a difference
> in the end.

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Geoff:
But don't forget that when JKR finally managed to get "Philosopher's Stone" 
published, it was in 1997. The Net was still making its way into the collective 
conscience here in the UK and the Goverment was still rabbiting on about 
"The Information Superhighway"....