[HPforGrownups] Re: UK vs. US

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 170539

>
> colebiancardi:
>
> 1997 was not the dark ages in the US with the 'net.  I program for the
> web, and have done so since 1994.  There were other search engines
> besides google in the olden days, not to mention (OMG) real, books
> called dictionaries.
>
> at any rate, if one reads the book, you know what a philosopher's
> stone is and most people, including children, look at the cover art
> (magical) and read the back of the cover to get the general idea of
> what the book is about.
>
> again, the publishers messed it up.


montims:
but it is not just the HP books.  All British books published in America are
Americanised - it is what they do.  I've said it before on other threads, so
I apologise if you've heard it before, but I buy all British books from
eBay.co.uk or Amazon.uk, because I hate reading about a Londoner carrying a
checkbook in her purse, for example, and American spelling is very intrusive
to me in a particularly British book (whether fiction or non-fiction).

On the other hand, I have been a voracious reader all my life, happily
reading American books with their own terminology and spelling, and learning
new words and phrases as I went.  Some things I still have to ask my
American husband about...  In the UK, books are published in their original
format.

I earned some money on the side, one time, Americanising a
British anti-smoking website, so I understand that the people who do this
for American publishers can earn a tidy sum...


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