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hp_essays about Britpicking - because some of the Harry Potter fic I was reading last night was fantastic but had an Americanism every couple of paragraphs1, and dumpsters and diapers2 and candy stores in a British setting just bring me to a screeching halt - and am I understanding the comments right? The books were translated into American English? :boggles: I knew the title of Philosopher's Stone was changed but assumed the text had been left alone. That just seems odd.
1: Yep, aware of the irony in this since I'm plenty guilty of sticking Briticisms into Buffy fic.
2. Uh, the nappies/diapers were on a baby, they weren't the kind for grown-ups.
hp_essays about Britpicking - because some of the Harry Potter fic I was reading last night was fantastic but had an Americanism every couple of paragraphs1, and dumpsters and diapers2 and candy stores in a British setting just bring me to a screeching halt - and am I understanding the comments right? The books were translated into American English? :boggles: I knew the title of Philosopher's Stone was changed but assumed the text had been left alone. That just seems odd. 1: Yep, aware of the irony in this since I'm plenty guilty of sticking Briticisms into Buffy fic.
2. Uh, the nappies/diapers were on a baby, they weren't the kind for grown-ups.
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on 2004-06-10 01:52 pm (UTC)Did JKR approve the changes at all? How much of her stuff do we Yanks actually get?
*scuffles foot* That's not fair!