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[doyle]

Checking out a post on 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.

Comments

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

There's a list here (http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/potter.html) of what was changed. Mostly just single words, but enough to convince me I'd never be able to read the American editions without wincing on every page *g*

[invaderwitch.livejournal.com]

I understand totally. I'm anal about the American versions of anime and manga in completely the same way. Never really occured to me with HP, though, I'm sure it will now. ^_^