[HPforGrownups] Re: UK vs. US

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 170552

> 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.
>
> <snip>
>
> 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"....


Good graceous! You guys must be way behind the times!!! Or behind the States
anyway in what's trendy. In the States at that time, every college was
hooked up to the internet and kids regularly knew how to search for things.
Google may not have been popular, but I did my entire senior reseach paper
for my International Business class via the Internet, and my teacher said it
was the best paper she's ever gotten because it was so through and
up-to-date. At that point, I had been using the internet for about 5 years.
(15 total now, give or take)

Shelley