[HPforGrownups] Re: Teeth, braces, and the English Language or variations thereof.
Bart Lidofsky
bart at moosewise.com
Mon May 2 00:08:34 UTC 2011
No: HPFGUIDX 190359
On 4/28/2011 7:26 PM, Margaret Fenney wrote:
> Geoff:
>
> Going back to the original quote in GoF which June supplied, it was:
>
>>> '(Hermione speaking) "Mum and Dad won't be too pleased. I've been trying
>>> to persuade them to let me shrink them for ages, but they wanted me to
>>> carry on with my brace."'
> (GOF "The Yule Ball" p.353 UK edition)
Has anybody pointed out that in the U.S. edition, the term "braces"
is used?
Bart
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