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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Harry Potter unveiled #39005 08/21/01 01:47 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa X xara OP member OP xara member X Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa Sweet maverick has sent me the Harry Potter books. (he managed to ship them in 3 days with Sunday delivery! He hasn't yet told me how much the shipping cost!) I thought you might like to know some of the differences that I've found. I've only compared the first four pages so far, but there are a dozen or so words spelled differently. grey > gray, neighbour > neighbor, realise > realize, and dialling > dialing are some of the ones i remember. They also changed some words and phrases. There's one lovely sentence that used the phrase 'baker's opposite' which has been completely rearranged and uses 'bakery' and 'across the street.' Other changes include changing 'car park' to 'parking lot' and 'lot' to 'bunch.' Of course, as we mentioned in the other thread, the title is different as well. Considering I'm only four pages in and nothing has happened yet I'd say that the differences are considerable to those who enjoy language as we do. As my classes started back today, I'm not sure how much time I'll have for close analysis of the two versions, nor how much time I'll be spending online, but if I come across any real gems I'll be sure to let you know. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Harry Potter unveiled #39006 08/21/01 07:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 All Hail Maverick! he must have learned some magic from Harry Potter! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Harry Potter unveiled #39007 08/21/01 08:42 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The eight-year-old next door asked me what I knew about Harry Potter yesterday while we were child-minding. When I admitted that I had never read any of the books, he looked at me pityingly and said "Never mind, I expect they're too old for you." Well, he may be right. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Harry Potter unveiled #39008 08/21/01 11:23 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Any magic I know, Dr Bill, is more likely to have come from Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - I heard him interviewed on the radio the other day, and he has a searing, luminous intelligence. To anyone who has not yet read any of his work, I warmly reccomend a try. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,580 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 941 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,713 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,931 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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