are there any differences between the British version and American version of Harry Potter series ?

2008-01-25 8:30 am
for example, the words differences' use..

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2008-01-26 4:44 am
✔ 最佳答案
The differences are pretty minor

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/differences.html

You can check the links here to find all the differences. Personally, I think they wasted their time. I suspect only the very young readers would have been confused by the original British words.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2008-01-26 1:23 am
the covers are usually different, but thats about all i know.
2008-01-25 11:08 pm
The covers and the title of the first book. Instead of "Sorcerer's Stone" it's "Philosopher's Stone" in the British version.

Don't know why they changed it, really.
2008-01-25 8:26 pm
The main difference is the spelling and terms they have used:

British version - American Version
moustache- mustache
neighbours-neighbors
gray-grey
get-ups -getups
car park- parking lot
lunch-time- lunchtime
baker's opposite-bakery
dialling -dialing
realised - realized
passers-by -passerby
behaviour- behavior
Shan't -Won't
living-room -living room
news reader-newscaster
Yorkshire-Yorkshire,
lot - crowd
bright-bright,

hope this helps!!
2008-01-25 5:20 pm
Well of course there's the title of the first book - that it's the Philosopher's Stone in England, and the Sorcerer's Stone here.
2008-01-25 5:13 pm
Hmm.. aside from the cover itself, the size, and the plot summary in the cover flaps (for hardbounds), I don't know, maybe if there are some, you could hardly recognize the difference at all. Maybe some words in British are gives a different connotation and denotation as well in American English so she has to make some changes, and vice versa..
2008-01-25 4:37 pm
In the American one they say realize with a 'Z' but in the English one they say it with a 'S'.
2008-01-25 5:08 pm
I've actually wondered about that. Good Question!
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