[HPforGrownups] Re: just how different? UK = Canada

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 180721

>
> montims wrote:
> snip (some of the best parts)
>
> >
> > So when an American child is reading a book by a British author, about
> > British protagonists having adventures in Britain, why on earth would
> they
> > be using American slang, and why would the author employ American
> spelling?
>
>
> Potioncat:
> I should have said I understand why, not that I agree with...
>
> But, tell me, in England, when you read an American book, is the
> spelling American style? Are the books provided by the same publisher
> in England as in America? I've never really understood why HP has three
> publishers.


montims:
it is not necessarily the same publisher, but yes, the spelling and
terminology are just as in the original, whether written for adults or
children.


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