Sorcerous Stone?
Judy
judy at judyserenity.yahoo.invalid
Sun Sep 3 19:03:45 UTC 2006
Here is a very very minor point that I've been wondering about.
In Order of the Phoenix, Harry and a bunch of students are in the
Hogshead tavern, with Harry presenting his idea for teaching them DADA.
Several of the students praise Harry's previous accomplishments against
Voldemort. Neville says that Harry rescued the "sorcerous" stone, and
Hermione corrects him by saying "Sorcerer's."
In the original (British) books, the stone was called the Philosopher's
Stone (as it should have been), not the Sorcerer's Stone. So, what
does Neville call the stone in the UK version of OoP? Phosphorus
Stone? ("Sorcerous stone" always struck me as a kind of lame error; it
sounds almost the same as "Sorcerer's stone.")
By the way, if House Elves had house cats, they'd probably look just
like this:
http://www.dailykitten.com/archives/536-Mickey.html
-- Judy, getting back into Harry Potter after a busy summer
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