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Originally Posted by viviena
Besides the changing of spelling, words and idioms were changed if they seemed too British, e.g. from British jumper to sweater, came top of the year to had the best grades of the first years, etc. The changes were done so that apparently American kids could appreciate the books without becoming boggled down in foreign words. An extensive list of changes can be found at the HP Lexicon.
Recently this has been in my mind a lot, as I've also been searching high and low for ebooks in British English, with no success. Partly my insistence on BE is due to my desire of matching ebook versions with their pbook copies, but also because the British English editions are the ones with which I grew up, and I appreciate their local flavour. (Damnit Bloomsbury, release a BE edition already, I want searchable, digital copies!  ) |
Given the list of changes I would have thought it would be easy enough to change them back?