[HPforGrownups] Re: UK vs US

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 170929

wrappedinharry wrote:

> I too am new to the whole chat room scene and like Brenda, I am interested
> in the differences in the US and UK versions of the books. I live in
> Australia and I am glad that we get the British versions here as I imagine
> they are published the way JK wrote them.
>
> I am curious though; if the difference is just word usage and slang, then
> why are the US versions so much longer than the UK versions?


montims:
I am British, living in America, and have only read the English versions,
though that will change this year, as I cannot wait for Amazon.uk to deliver
my book - I will be queuing at the local shop at midnight to get a book,
like everyone else!

Anyway, I see from Lexicon that the changes (which bother me enormously)
have become less as the series progresses, but I understand the main
difference is that US versions have pictures at the beginning of each
chapter (the famous GrandPre, if I'm not mistaken) where, of course, the
English books do not.  Also, I understand that when there is writing - a
letter, or note - it is reproduced in that person's handwriting, instead of
just being printed, and this also takes up more space.

So the difference in length is not necessarily more words (except for that
extra, crucial phrase in HBP) but due to spacing - chapter art and layout.
If I have understood correctly what people have said...


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