UK vs. US

[Kristen]

No: HPFGUIDX 170543

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

> 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. 
> 
> colebiancardi
>

Hexicon:
What I don't understand is why "philosopher" must 
become "sorcerer," "jumper" must become "sweater," but "spotted dick" 
isn't changed!  That it's raisin pudding may be inferred from the 
context, but I think that one gave nightmares to a generation of U.S. 
kids <VBG>  

Hexicon, who as a youthful eccentricity used British spelling until 
an "English" teacher started docking her grades for it.