The Stephen Fry versions of the Potter books.

[John]

No: HPFGUIDX 192371


> > Z:
> >> I haven't heard of the Stephen Fry books and have a question
> >> stemming from this ignorance.  Did SF write the books and they
> >> are being read by someone else or is SF reading the JKR books?
> >
> > Bruce:
> > Stephen Fry read the UK editions of the JKR books. Jim Dale read
> > the USA editions of the JKR books.
>
> Charla:
> Both Stephen Fry and Jim Dale (both British) are audio book readers
> for JKR books.  Both are great; I too live in Canada.  I find some
> of the changes made for American readers rather loses the British
> feel that too is so charming about the wizard world.
> For those not familiar with British terms try this site.
> http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/a.htm



Hi Charla, thanks for the interesting link.

That may well be of great help to some who are not familiar with Brit slang and idioms. Along those lines there was a file called A Guide for NonBrits Writing Harry Potter Fanfics, that was posted on many fan fiction websites some years back. It was by a writer using the pen name Pinky Brown and was intended to be informative, slightly humerous and maybe slightly 'snarky', (to use a very non Brit word all too commonly used by some American HP fan writers).

The document is now outdated in a few minor ways, such as the fact that certain words have 'leaked' into UK usage of late and have superseded the older English terms,(for instance Shopping Mall has tended to replace the older Shopping Centre). Nevertheless this guide is still very much a useful reference work for anyone wanting to learn the difference between UK and US usage of words and idiom and particularly those wanting to write stories set in the UK.

For this reason and since it is a non copyright fan work I will paste a .pdf copy of this now hard to find file into the files section of this group. I think if some of you read it then it may both illuminate the differences between US and UK English usage and also entertain you. :o)

Many Blessings.
John, (Oriondruid).